Despite public outrage over the rich retirement package that the board of General Electric granted to John F. Welch Jr. , G.E. 's former chairman and chief executive , G.E. shareholders voted to let Jeffrey R. Immelt , who succeeded Mr. Welch , keep both titles .
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