OREANDA-NEWS.  GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it will hold its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareowners on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago, Illinois. GE holds its shareowners meeting in a different city each year to illustrate the diversity of the company’s businesses and the strength of its portfolio.

GE has more than 4,000 employees in Illinois at several locations, including Chicago. The city is home to the global headquarters of GE Transportation, as well as several GE Capital businesses and GE’s Monogram Design Center. GE employs 134,000 people in the U.S., making it one of the largest employers in the country.