The former American big brother GE General Electric ushered in the first foreign CEO.
Mr. Calp is a ruler.
If you want to know if Mr. Calp loves cucumbers or potatoes, wears oxford shoes or Brock, likes blues or classics – then unfortunately, you can’t find any information on the Internet.
It’s hard to believe that in this era, there are people like Mr. Calp who are so privacy-conscious. It was only in October 2018 that Twitter was launched. There was no recommendation for forwarding comments. The information on LinkedIn even stayed in The stage of Danaher. Mr. Karp maintains a low-key and cautious attitude in front of the public. He does not want people to pay attention to him personally. “I hope that everyone will mention the case of GE in the future, not Larry Calp.” He has never been Any personal information mentioned in the media, whether it is hobbies, weekend arrangements, or family children. Before 2018, the name Larry Culp rarely appeared in the public eye, even though he led Danaher to complete a 500% market value leap, even though this successful business case was the main content of the Harvard Business School strategy course for many years.
This description may make people feel that Mr. Karp is a boring and inaccessible person, but it is not. The students who have heard his lectures at Harvard Business School describe that Mr. Karp is as humble and humorous as their close friends. Mr. Karp himself has repeatedly expressed his concern for interpersonal relationships: in his view, it is necessary to establish a long-term stable mission network, even if this relationship is currently useless.
It’s hard to think of the evaluation of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States that Mr. Calp called “lifelong mentor”: although a bit cold and reserved, it reflects gentleness and calmness. Helpful character; treat people frankly and approachable, but have an inner world that is difficult to break.
There is a strong sense of boundaries behind this slightly contradictory evaluation. At this point, Mr. Karp and Thomas Jefferson are very similar. For Mr. Karp, the rules are very important: private is private, and work is work.
The pursuit of rules is a deeper logic of Mr. Calpe’s sense of boundaries, and he is good at finding rules in darkness and chaos. This also helped him improve his corporate structure through Danaher’s mergers and acquisitions, and even led the company to successfully complete.