Michael Gosk, former Global Head of Tax at GE, joins General Atlantic

General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, has announced that Michael Gosk, former Vice President and Chief Tax Officer at General Electric (“GE”) has joined the firm as an Operating Partner.

Based in New York, Mr. Gosk will provide expertise and strategic counsel to the firm’s investment team and portfolio companies, with a particular focus on financial operations and tax.

“Michael brings significant expertise to the firm that we believe will further our portfolio companies’ ability to navigate complex shifts in taxation trends and operational practices around the world,” said Bill Ford, Chief Executive Officer of General Atlantic.

“General Atlantic has earned a distinguished reputation among entrepreneurs and investors globally,” said Mr. Gosk. “I look forward to working with the firm’s investment team and portfolio companies as they continue scaling their businesses internationally.”

Mr. Gosk joins General Atlantic having spent more than a decade at GE where he was responsible for a decentralized global organization of more than 1,000 professionals located in over 40 countries, overseeing tax services in approximately 160 national jurisdictions. He played a central role in the design and execution of the sale of the majority of GE’s financial services businesses, a series of transactions that resulted in the declassification of GE Capital as a Systemically Important Financial Institution in 2016. Prior to his tenure at GE, Mr. Gosk was a partner at global law firm, McDermott Will & Emery, and an international tax partner at KPMG. He holds a Master of Laws in taxation from New York University School of Law and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut.