honors Barron's has named Immelt one of the "World's Best CEOs" three times; other outlets have criticized his performance. He is a member of The American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Financial Times named him "Man of the Year" in 2003. Immelt was named to Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2009. In 2009, Immelt won the Oslo Business for Peace Award, an award chosen by winners of the Nobel Prizes in Economics and Peace and given to leaders in the private sector who have demonstrated transformative and positive change through ethical business practices. Immelt was awarded the 2014 American Football Coaches Association Tuss McLaughry Award, given to a distinguished American (or Americans) for the highest distinction in service to others. In accepting the award, he said "I am a product of football and I owe a great debt of gratitude to that system. What I learned playing football enters my life every day." In April 2015, Immelt won the 20th edition of the Leonardo International Prize "as a foreigner who reinforced his country's cultural and economic ties with Italy." On 24 December 2015, Immelt was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 50 in the list of 500 Most Influential CEOs. In 2017, Immelt was honored with an Edison Achievement Award for his commitment to innovation throughout his career. Personal life Immelt is married to his wife Andrea and they have one daughter, Sarah. They lived in New Canaan, Connecticut, until 2015. They then purchased a home in Boston. References Further reading David Magee, 2009, Jeff Immelt and the New GE Way: Innovation, Transformation, and Winning in the 21st Century, McGraw-Hill Professional. The Immelt Revolution, businessweek, 2005 External links General Electric, Executive Bio and Photo September 2009 speech by Immelt regarding GE Healthcare Leading Questions: GE's Jeff Immelt, Interview with BBC Business |- 1956 births Dartmouth Big Green football players General Electric people Harvard Business School alumni Living people Obama administration personnel Businesspeople from Cincinnati General Electric chief executive officers