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Charles Albert Coffin (December 31, 1844 – July 14, 1926) was an American businessman who was the co-founder and first president of General Electric corporation.
Charles A. Coffin. General Electric Company. 1892–1913. Industry: Fabricated Goods. Era: pre-1900. Coffin led General Electric into the production of other electrical products besides arc lights, including railway motors and alternating generators and transformers.
Coffin (1844-1926) became GE's first president, a post he held until 1912, and remained chairman until 1922, building the firm into a generator of technological and managerial prowess....
Oct 21, 2018 · When Thomson-Houston and Edison’s company collaborated to build ‘General Electric’, Charles Coffin served as their first CEO. “A man born to command, yet who never issued orders.” – GE team on Charles Coffin
Aug 7, 2019 · Charles Coffin was the co-founder and the first President of General Electric from 1892 to 1912. He became Chairman of the Board of GE from 1913 to 1922 and is often referred to as one of the greatest CEO’s of all time for his tenacity and leadership skills.
Charles Albert Coffin's nine-year tenure as president of General Electric was a period defined by immense growth and innovation that firmly established GE as an industrial powerhouse. Having previously gained renown as co-founder and first president of the pioneering Thomson-Houston Electric Company, one of GE's precursor firms, Coffin brought ...
Abstract: As an expression of appreciation of Mr. Charles A. Coffin's great work not only for the General Electric Company but also for the entire electrical industry, and with the desire to make this appreciation enduring and constructive as Mr. Coffin's life and work have been, the Board of Directors of the General Electric Company created on ...
Oct 21, 2018 · The co-founder and the first president of General Electric Corporation – Charles Coffin. Early Life Born on the last day of the year 1844 – 31st December, in Maine, US. Before General Electric Corporation, Charles worked for at his uncle’s shoe company for twenty years in Lynn, Massachusetts. After gaining all the experience, he ...
The man Inventor Edison referred to was Charles Albert Coffin, who founded the General Electric Co. (1892), who sold new uses for electricity, who in less than half his own lifetime helped...
Charles Albert Coffin. Businessman. Charles Albert Coffin was an American businessman. He served as President of General Electric from 1892 to 1912 and Chairman of General Electric from 1913 to 1922.
