Career With General Electric
Bossidy joined General Electric in 1957. Bossidy started out in General Electric's financial training program. Bossidy stayed with General Electric for the next 34 years rising in the company through a number of executive positions including Chief Operating Officer of General Electric Credit Corporation from 1979 to 1981, Executive Vice President and President of GE’s Services and Materials Sector from 1981 to 1984, and Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of the General Electric Company from 1984 to 1991.
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