Jeff Immelt

Author, Entrepreneur, Executive, Investor

American business executive who was chairman and CEO of General Electric from 2001 to 2017, now a venture partner at NEA and author of Hot Seat.

Jeff Immelt's 8 Book Recommendations

• The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II: “CURRENT READING The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II, by Jeff Shaara”
• Zero to One: “Zero to One is an important handbook to relentless improvement for big companies and beginning entrepreneurs alike. Read it, accept Peter’s challenge, and build a business beyond expectations.”
• The Alliance: “The Alliance captures the essence of modern talent development: trust and mutual value creation helps both employer and employee compete in the marketplace.”
• The Three-Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation: “Simple, powerful, and purposeful.”
• The Lean Startup: “The two things that influenced me the most were Marc Andreessen's 2011 Wall Street Journal article, 'Why Software Is Eating the World,' and 'The Lean Startup' — Eric Ries's book, which I literally re…”
• Truman: “my all-time favorite is “Truman” by McCullough because you know it’s kind of this great American story that any person could be president and I thought that was remarkable, I love that one.”
• The Wright Brothers: “It’s really good, spectacular. Somebody can’t have worked at GE and not read “Wright Brothers”.”
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: “My daughter was reading “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” which brought me back to my youth. I picked it up and read a couple of chapters just for old time’s sake.”