--- title: "Best Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes" description: "Jeffrey Robert Immelt is an American manufacturing executive working as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. Browse 48 Jeffrey R. Immelt quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b125/author-jeffrey-r-immelt-13924.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jeffrey R. Immelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b125/author-jeffrey-r-immelt-13924.jpg) # Jeffrey R. Immelt **48** quotes in **537** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jeffrey Robert Immelt is an American manufacturing executive working as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. ## Quotes by Jeffrey R. Immelt · Page 2 > [I'm a complete globalist. I think like a global CEO. But I'm an American. I run an American company. But in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-immelt/i-m-a-complete-globalist-i-think-like-a-global-ceo-but-i-m-an/) [Jeffrey R. Immelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-immelt/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/jeffrey-r-immelt-13924_american_i-m-a-complete-globalist-i-think-like-a_2049483.png) > [When you take over a company like GE, you think you're going to visit 100 businesses. You're going to go see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-immelt/when-you-take-over-a-company-like-ge-you-think-you-re-going-to-visit/) [Jeffrey R. Immelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-immelt/) [Before](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/before/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50e/jeffrey-r-immelt-13924_before_when-you-take-over-a-company-like-ge-you_1933343.png) > [I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-immelt/i-d-be-lying-if-i-didn-t-say-there-were-days-when-i-went-back-and/) [Jeffrey R. Immelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-immelt/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/jeffrey-r-immelt-13924_always_i-d-be-lying-if-i-didn-t-say-there-were_2575355.png) > [Business leaders should provide expertise in service of our country. My predecessors at GE have done so, as have leaders of many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-immelt/business-leaders-should-provide-expertise-in-service-of-our-country/) [Jeffrey R. Immelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-immelt/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/jeffrey-r-immelt-13924_american_business-leaders-should-provide-expertis_77764.png) > [I was Chairman for two days. I had an airplane with my engines, hit a building I insured, was covered by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-immelt/i-was-chairman-for-two-days-i-had-an-airplane-with-my-engines-hit-a/) [Jeffrey R. Immelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-immelt/) [Airplane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/airplane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/jeffrey-r-immelt-13924_airplane_i-was-chairman-for-two-days-i-had-an-air_2334111.png) > [Work hard with passion and courage. Life is a marathon of contribution. You really must work hard to accomplish something... Find your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-immelt/work-hard-with-passion-and-courage-life-is-a-marathon-of-contribution/) [Jeffrey R. Immelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-immelt/) [Accomplish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/jeffrey-r-immelt-13924_accomplish_work-hard-with-passion-and-courage-life_604739.png) > [People ought to invest in us because they like our company and the way they run it. We still do quarterly earnings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-immelt/people-ought-to-invest-in-us-because-they-like-our-company-and-the/) [Jeffrey R. Immelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-immelt/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/jeffrey-r-immelt-13924_business_people-ought-to-invest-in-us-because-the_412776.jpg) > [I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches, like, five or six hours of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-immelt/i-grew-up-in-cincinnati-ohio-and-my-parents-are-really-right-wingers/) [Jeffrey R. Immelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-immelt/) [Cincinnati](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cincinnati/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/jeffrey-r-immelt-13924_cincinnati_i-grew-up-in-cincinnati-ohio-and-my-pare_3122430.jpg) ## Jeffrey R. Immelt by topic [Business (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/jeffrey-r-immelt/) [People (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/jeffrey-r-immelt/) [Company (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/company/jeffrey-r-immelt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-immelt/#itemlist", "name": "Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a complete globalist. I think like a global CEO. But I'm an American. I run an American company. But in order for GE to be successful in the coming years, I've gotta sell my products in every corner of the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeffrey R. 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