John L. Flannery (born 1962) is an American business executive. He succeeded
Jeff Immelt
Jeffrey Robert Immelt (born February 19, 1956) is an American business executive currently working as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He previously served as the CEO of General Electric from 2001 to 2017, and the CEO of GE's Medi ...
as the eleventh CEO and tenth Chairman of
General Electric
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, serving as CEO from August 2017 until October 1, 2018.
[ Prior to ascending to the CEO role, Flannery held leadership roles inside GE for nearly 30 years, heading GE Healthcare, GE India and other business units throughout his career.
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Early life and education
John L. Flannery was born in 1962 in Alexandria, Virginia
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In 2020, the population was 159,467. ...
.[ The son of a banking executive at FDIC Corporation,] he and his two older sisters lived in Alexandria until 1971, when they moved to West Hartford, Connecticut
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where his father became president of a small bank.[ He graduated from ]Northwest Catholic High School
Northwest Catholic High School (NWC) is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational high school in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. It was established in 1961 and is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford.
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in 1979. Flannery received a bachelor's degree in finance from the Fairfield University Dolan School of Business
Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-tim ...
[ in 1983.][ Flannery later went to business school at the ]University of Pennsylvania
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, where he received an MBA
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from the Wharton School of Business
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[ in 1987.][
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Career
Flannery began his career at GE in 1987. He spent over 20 years at GE Capital
GE Capital is the financial services division of General Electric.
The company currently only runs one division, GE Energy Financial Services. It had provided additional services in the past; however, those units were sold between 2013 and 2018. ...
holding various leadership roles in the United States
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, Latin America
Latin America or
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, and Asia
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. He was named a company officer in 2005.
In 2009, he was appointed president and CEO of GE India, and in 2013, head of Business Development for all of GE. Flannery helped oversee changes in the portfolio, including acquisitions and divestitures in financial services and industry.
Before his appointment as CEO of General Electric
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, Flannery led the turnaround of GE Healthcare
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, focusing on core imaging, creating digital platforms and solutions, and expanding its Life Sciences and cell therapy systems businesses. He also launched Sustainable Healthcare Solutions, which develops technology for healthcare providers.
Flannery was named CEO and Chairman of GE in August 2017. On October 1, 2018, he was unanimously voted out by the Board of Directors, "effective immediately" and replaced by board member and former longtime Danaher Corp. CEO, H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. Flannery was GE's eleventh CEO and the company's tenth chairman.
Flannery was named the new Advisory Director of Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC on July 15, 2019. He will work on evaluating new investment opportunities as well as growing equity value in the Charlesbank portfolio.
Personal life
Based in Chicago
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as of June 2017, by August he was based instead in Boston
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. Flannery is married, with three children and a dog named after Mookie Betts
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. He is an ardent Red Sox
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fan, and his hobbies include reading, golf, and music.
References
External links
Profile at GE
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Living people
1962 births
American chief executives of Fortune 500 companies
General Electric people
Fairfield University alumni
Fairfield University Dolan School of Business alumni
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni
People from Alexandria, Virginia
General Electric chief executive officers