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Jack Welch

1935 - 2020

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John Francis Welch Jr. (November 19, 1935 – March 1, 2020) was an American business executive, chemical engineer, and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Welch has received more than 3,550,350 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Welch is the 270th most popular businessperson (down from 183rd in 2019), the 2,971st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,005th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jack Welches by language

Over the past year Jack Welch has had the most page views in the with 398,195 views, followed by Japanese (20,283), and German (16,723). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (103.84%), Malagasy (71.38%), and Ukrainian (69.02%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jack Welch ranks 270 out of 847. Before him are Yves Rocher, King C. Gillette, Ivy Lee, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Hans Riegel, and Bob Iger. After him are Pavel Tretyakov, Robert Nobel, Theo Albrecht, Friedrich Bayer, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, and Herbert Hainer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jack Welch ranks 147. Before him are Charles Koch, Kenneth Tsang, Hans Tilkowski, Oleg Tabakov, Yakov Sinai, and Ludmila Belousova. After him are Robert Conrad, Vasily Livanov, Pierre Kartner, Annie Proulx, Leonardo Del Vecchio, and Armando Manzanero. Among people deceased in 2020, Jack Welch ranks 161. Before him are Jean Raspail, Hans Tilkowski, Viktor Ponedelnik, Dyanne Thorne, Rocky Johnson, and Myroslav Skoryk. After him are Stuart Whitman, Olof Thunberg, Robert Conrad, Christophe, Jackie Stallone, and Jörn Donner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Welch ranks 2,971 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank McCourt (1930), Bo Derek (1956), Lois Chiles (1947), John Derek (1926), Katherine MacGregor (1925), and Bob Iger (1951). After him are Betsy Ross (1752), Bruce Campbell (1958), Karol J. Bobko (1937), GG Allin (1956), Joe Turkel (1927), and Sam Loyd (1841).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Jack Welch ranks 86. Before him are Howard Schultz (1953), Rex Tillerson (1952), Charles Koch (1935), King C. Gillette (1855), Ivy Lee (1877), and Bob Iger (1951). After him are Melinda Gates (1964), Hetty Green (1834), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), Erin Brockovich (1960), John DeLorean (1925), and Douglas Tompkins (1943).

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