General Motors is almost entirely related to automobiles;
General Electric's business covers many fields, from consumer appliances to aero-engines, to medical and health undertakings, to the financial industry. Recently, it is acquiring SDB shares and becoming the second shareholder of SDB.
the current CEO and chairman of p>GM is Rick Wagoner.
the current CEO and chairman of p>GE is Jeffrey R. IMMELT.
bosses, they are all listed companies, and whoever holds their shares is its boss. GE was founded by Edison in 1876; GM was started in 1897 by Ransom E. Olds5 for 5, dollars.