Conseco Chairman and CEO Gary Wendt made
his name as the star boss of GE Capital Services.
He grew GE Capital into the legendary
company’s largest and most profitable division
during his 13-year tenure as CEO, which ended
in 1998. One of many things Wendt — known as a tough
turnaround artist and fervent protector of the bottom line —
pioneered at GE was the outsourcing of business processes to
India. GE migrated thousands of jobs to India under his
supervision and instigation. And it worked. The adoption of the