About GE

GE traces its beginnings to Thomas A. Edison, who established Edison Electric Light Company in 1878. In 1892, a merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company created General Electric Company.

From Edison’s first commercially viable light bulb to the first X-ray machines, GE has continued to innovate. GE was there for the first walk on the moon, created the first television network, the first man-made diamond and the first jet engine.

GE is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also included in the original index in 1896.

With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and industrial products, GE has customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. To learn more go to ge.com

GE in the UK

GE has operated in the UK since the 1930s and now employs over 22,000 people, in six businesses, based at more than 45 major locations, from Aberdeen to Falmouth and from Cardiff to Cambridge.

GE’s business activities are wide-ranging and include:

Servicing aircraft engines
Providing state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment to hospitals
Distributing international blockbuster motion pictures
Selling advanced gas turbines
Financing businesses and customers

GE’s UK operations represent its largest single presence outside the US. Two of the six GE businesses have chosen to locate their global headquarters in the UK: GE Healthcare in Amersham and GE Money in London.

GE is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also included in the original index in 1896