Lawrence Arthur "Larry" Bossidy (born March 5, 1935) is an American author and retired businessman.
He was CEO of AlliedSignal (later Honeywell) in the 1990s, prior to which he spent more than 30 years rising through executive positions at General Electric.
[5] While at Colgate, he helped lead them to the 1955 College World Series; in 2009, Bossidy was inducted into their sports hall of fame.
[7] He 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.
[8] During Bossidy's tenure as head of General Electric Credit Corporation, the subsidiary, founded in 1943, came into its own.
[9] Between 1979 and 1984, its assets doubled, to $16 billion, due to expansion into leasing and selling of heavy industrial goods, inventories, real estate, and insurance.
[4] Bossidy lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and has a winter home in Palm Beach, Florida.