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NEW YORK VNU’s new owners Wednesday named General Electric executive David Calhoun as the company’s CEO and chairman of the executive board. He succeeds Rob Ruijter, who has served as interim CEO since June 13 and will continue as chief financial officer.
At GE, Calhoun was a vice chairman serving as president and CEO of GE Infrastructure, the largest of the company’s business segments. He was responsible for GE’s aviation, energy, oil and gas, transportation and water units, which had combined expected revenue of $47 billion in 2006 and more than 85,000 employees.
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