This is 40 minutes. It is a great pleasure to introduce today and welcome jeffrey immelt, the chairman and ceo of general electric, our newest corporate citizen. Dartmouthated from with a degree in applied sciences and went to harvard to get his mba. He spent his first 19 years at ge in Global Leadership ts biggestof i businesses including appliances, plastics, health care. , he succeeded jack welsh as the ceo. It is been said it is easier to succeed and inadequate ceo than an adequate one. So he had his work cut out for him. He succeeded the role four days before the 9 11 attacks. Nevertheless, in the 14. 5 years ge, hes been the ceo of has transformed the company by focusing on energy, health care, and transportation. Aeating its core as Materials Company manufacturing jet engines, locomotives, gas turbines, and mri scanners. In that process he has divested nba, nbc universal, and appliances. More recently, is selling ge capital which until a few years ago was responsible for 50 of t