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General Electric

American multinational conglomerate (1892–2024)
Organization multinational_corporation Q54173
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Summary

General Electric is a multinational corporation[1]. It draws 19,937 Wikipedia views per month (multinational corporation category, ranking #35 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Silver Anvil Award[3]
  • Country: US[4]
  • Has organizational division: GE Transportation[5]
  • Child organization or unit: GE Wind Energy[6], GE Industrial[7], GE Consumer & Industrial[8], GE Energy[9], GE Lighting[10], GE Italia Holding[11], General Electric (Austria)[12], GE Vernova (Switzerland)[13], General Electric (Israel)[14], General Electric (Argentina)[15], ScanWind[16], GE Global Research[17], GE Global Research (Germany)[18], GE HealthCare[19]
  • Commons category: General Electric[20]
  • Industry: conglomerate[21], mechanical engineering[22], power engineering[23], aircraft industry[24], automotive industry[25], finance lease[26], weapons industry[27]
  • Inception: 1892-04-14[28]
  • Significant event: lawsuit[29]
  • Official website: https://www.ge.com/[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:General Electric[31]
  • Described at URL: http://www.namebase.net:82/names/nn01.cgi?GENERAL_ELECTRIC_[32], https://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/general-electric-company-history/[33]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[34]
  • Topic has template: Template:General Electric[35]
  • Legal form: PJ10[36]
  • Reporting mark: GECX[37]
  • Owner of: Allendale Square[38], America's Talking[39], Dowty Rotol[40], GE Oil and Gas[41], National Broadcasting Company[42], GE Transportation[43], GE Wind Energy[44], Baker Hughes[45], GE Capital[46], GE HealthCare[47], GE Capital Aviation Services[48], GE Water[49], TMBThanachart Bank PCL.[50], British Broadcasting Company Limited[51]
  • Different from: General Electric Company plc[52]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 3C7474T6CDKPR9K6YT90[53]

  • Registered legal name: General Electric Company[54]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-NY[55]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[56]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): PJ10[57]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[58]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[59]

  • Entity created: 1892-04-14[60]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-10-01[61]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-11-13[62]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-11-15[63]

  • Managing LOU: 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29[64]

  • Registration authority: RA000628[65]

  • Authority entity ID: 112[66]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[67]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for General Electric include 30 Rockefeller Plaza[68], a skyscraper[69], in United States[70], founded in 1933[71].

Why It Matters

General Electric has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[72] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[73]

Entities named for it include 30 Rockefeller Plaza[68], a skyscraper[69], in United States[70], founded in 1933[71].

FAQs

What awards did General Electric receive?

Honors received include Silver Anvil Award[3].

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References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [53] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [68] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [69] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [71] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [72] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [73] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → multinational corporation
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: multinational corporation"
  2. 4w ago · Bhousel · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sam id → —
    Legal form → PJ10
    Global energy monitor wiki id → —
    Employees → —
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Instance of: organization, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  3. 5w ago · Jklamo · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal entity identifier → 3C7474T6CDKPR9K6YT90
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Legal entity identifier: 3C7474T6CDKPR9K6YT90, Moving to GE Aerospace"
  4. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 9241-41E9-CA79-B4DB-D055
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 9241-41E9-CA79-B4DB-D055, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  5. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → general-electric, general-electric-company
    Wikidata description → American multinational conglomerate (1892–2024)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: general-electric, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929650|general electric (#289929650)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  6. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 364697
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 364697, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  7. 18w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → General+Electric, GE
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Foldoc id: GE, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/36ecd009bcfe7/|details]])"
  8. 20w ago · Mxdanger · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id → 0946b723-5057-454f-b14c-66fdd1ff0e04
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Owner of: GE Aerospace"
  9. 21w ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → generalelectric-74685d
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: General Electric Co., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779096159559"
  10. 23w ago · 本日晴天 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry → conglomerate, mechanical engineering, power engineering +4
    Dissolved → —
    Has works in the collection → Netherlands Open Air Museum, Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology
    Different from → General Electric Company plc
    + 58 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ added some identifiers retrieved from CiNii Research (Cinii research id) or KAKEN (E-rad researcher number) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/"
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