Michael E. Chen
Michael Chen is the President and CEO of Media, Communications, & Entertainment (“MCEâ€), GE Capital and is an Officer of GE. Michael has primary responsibility for overseeing GE’s debt and equity financing activities to the media, communications & entertainment sectors, including the Peacock Equity Fund, which is a highly successful JV between NBC Universal (“NBCUâ€) and GE. Michael also sits on NBCU’s Executive Council. In addition, Michael heads up GE’s Asian Pacific American Forum, which is a network group of 5,000 employees that GE set up to help drive its key growth initiatives in the US and Asia. Michael started his career in 1985 as a financial analyst for IBM. After several different roles in finance, he moved over to IBM Credit Corporation in 1990. He held management positions in sales, finance and risk management before joining GE in 1994 as Vice President of Risk Management for GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). After spending five years in various leadership roles, he was named Senior Vice President and General Manager, North America for GECAS in 1999 where his team was responsible for providing aircraft leases and loans to the aviation industry for the US and Canada. Michael assumed his current position in December 2006, and was also named an Officer of the GE Company at the same time. In 2006, he was named as one of the nation’s top sales and customer relationship individuals in the book “Secrets of Great Rainmakers†by best-selling author Jeffrey Fox, and in October of 2008, he was awarded “Dealmaker of the Year†by the New York based organization, The Executive Council, in recognition of the success of the Peacock Equity Fund, and for GE being ranked among the top 3 companies in Telecom/Media Leveraged Loan Financing for 2008. Michael was also awarded the Pinnacle Award in May 2008 by the Asian American Business Development Center. This award is the nation's most prestigious Asian American business award and is given annually to a person who is recognized as a leader in their field, and is serving in a top position within their company. He has also been featured on “The Wall Street Journal Online,†and the syndicated radio program “The CEO Show†(www.theceoshowonline.com). Michael received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester in 1983 and an MBA in finance from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University in 1985. Michael serves on the Board of Directors for Norwalk Community College and on the Advisory Council for the Johnson School. |
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