With C.E.O. Change, G.E. Will Seek Out More Growth Overseas

By ROB COX JUNE 12, 2017

General Electric has seen the future: It is both stateless and globalist. With the anointment of John Flannery to succeed Jeffrey R. Immelt as chief executive, the $255 billion industrial titan appears to be doubling down on a strategy that transcends its American roots. Mr. Flannery has spent much of his career engineering growth abroad. He is also no stranger to restructuring.