2008 Top 100
37: General Electric Co.
| Top 100 Revenue: | $579,095,854 |
| Defense Revenue: | $555,876,496 |
| Civilian Revenue: | $23,219,358 |
| 2007 Revenue: | $172.7 billion |
| 2007 Earnings: | $22.2 billion |
| 2006 Revenue: | $163.4 billion |
| 2006 Earnings: | $20.8 billion |
| Number of employees: | 300,000 |
| Headquarters: | Fairfield, Conn. |
| Website: | www.ge.com |
| Leadership: | Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and CEO |
| Ticker: | GE |
| Lines of business: | Commercial finance, health care, industrial, infrastructure, money and NBC Universal |
| Major customers: | Homeland Security Department, Air Force and Army |
| Major contracts/projects: | GE Security was hired by the Transportation Security Administration to provide explosives detection systems for screening of air passenger''s checked bags at airports. |
