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Don't lose youself on the way to the top.

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