For reasons having to do with his unbridled ambition, his business acumen, his charm, his personality, his intelligence, and his powerful political skills, he was able to turn his misfortunes, or his mistakes, into corporate victories that would likely have flushed out those with lesser political skills. For the next seventeen years, Jack Welch ran Pittsfield as if it were his own fiefdom. He had his own private jet. He ran the business out of office space in a downtown Hilton hotel. He
