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Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.

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Jack Welch
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: November 19
Died: 2020
Died: March 1
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Businessperson
Engineer
Journalist
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Peabody
Massachusetts
John Francis Welch
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John Francis Jack Welch
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