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Charles Albert Coffin (December 31, 1844 – July 14, 1926) was an American businessman who was the co-founder and first president of General Electric corporation.
Charles A. Coffin. General Electric Company. 1892–1913. Industry: Fabricated Goods. Era: pre-1900. Coffin led General Electric into the production of other electrical products besides arc lights, including railway motors and alternating generators and transformers.
Soon after Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879, an opportunity to stake a claim in the electric power industry reached the door of shoemaker Charles Coffin.
Aug 7, 2019 · Charles Coffin was the co-founder and the first President of General Electric from 1892 to 1912. He became Chairman of the Board of GE from 1913 to 1922 and is often referred to as one of the greatest CEO’s of all time for his tenacity and leadership skills.
Charles Albert Coffin's nine-year tenure as president of General Electric was a period defined by immense growth and innovation that firmly established GE as an industrial powerhouse. Having previously gained renown as co-founder and first president of the pioneering Thomson-Houston Electric Company, one of GE's precursor firms, Coffin brought ...
Oct 21, 2018 · This person was ranked #1 by Jim Collins in his list of CEOs of All-Time – Charles Coffin. Charles is credited to be the person who built systems to duplicate success over and over again. The co-founder and the first president of General Electric Corporation – Charles Coffin.
In 1882, Charles A. Coffin led a group of investors—largely shoe manufacturers from Lynn, Massachusetts—in buying American Electric from investors in New Britain, Connecticut. They renamed the company Thomson-Houston Electric Company and moved its operations to a new building on Lynn's Western Avenue.
