H. Lawrence Culp Jr. was named chief executive of General Electric Co. Monday, becoming the first outsider to run the company in its 126-year history. In hiring Mr. Culp, 55 years old, GE brought in a leader who ran what some investors saw as a model industrial conglomerate. Mr. Culp, who is known as Larry, spent roughly 15 years at the helm of Danaher Corp., a company with business units that include dental equipment, testing measurement gear and life-sciences and diagnostics equipment.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 01, 2018 16:18 UTC