GE and Pearson Deeply Tied to Dow Jones (Part 1)

Following IntellectSpace Knowledge Maps expose the depth of common relationships that GE shares with Dow Jones, in the midst of GE/Pearson's possible bid to acquire the owner of hugely popular Wall Street Journal.

As this Knowledge Map visually illustrates, common relationships among GE and Dow Jones include board positions, highest level executive positions, not-for-profit memberships, and other investment holdings - each denoted by a distrinctly colored line. (Past relationships are denoted by dashed lines)

More specifically, William B Plummer, who was a Vice President of Equity Capital Group at GE, now assumes the CFO role at Dow Jones. Rochelle B Lazarus, D Wayne Calloway, Douglas A Warner III, Ralph S Larsen, Robert W Lane, Henry H Henley Jr., Alan G Lafley, and Roger S Penske who each assume(d) highly influencial roles at GE are related to three directors of Dow Jones namely Harvey Golub, Lewis B Campbell, and Jon E Barfield through Detroit Renaissance, Greenfield Village, Henry Ford Museum, GM, Business Council, Business Roundtable, and the New York Presbyterian Hospital.

GE's current CEO Jeffrey R Immelt and it's board member Ann M Fudge are both related to David K P Li of Dow Jones through their affiliation to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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