Jack Welch, 'gold standard' CEO who reshaped GE, dies at 84

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Jack Welch, the champion of corporate efficiency who built General Electric Co. intoone of the world's largest companies and influenced generations of business leaders,has died. He was 84.His death was reported today by CNBC, which cited his wife, Suzy.The former GE chairman and chief executive officer, whose blunt style and ceaselesscost cutting earned him the sobriquet "Neutron Jack," mentored proteges who went onto run some of the world's best-known companies. Named "Manager of the Century" byFortune magazine in 1999, he presided over a stock surge of almost 3,000% during atwo-decade tenure.