The pressure to raise money through selling non-core businesses will continue.
Several steps towards outsourcing of non-core business have been initiated.
They decided to sell or close "non-core" businesses in order to raise money.
He further encouraged the company to work together and to increase yields by splitting off its non-core businesses.
During his time, he sold off non-core businesses, and reduced the range of Wedgwood patterns from over 400 to around 240.
Some of the planned disposals of non-core businesses took longer than expected to complete.
The directors said the disposal of non-core businesses would continue with the full benefits of its shift in activities not expected before 1991.
Another £100bn of assets have gone from the non-core business.
Following the acquisition, Gores began acquiring and operating non-core businesses from major corporations.
In the 1990s it diversified into mining and disposed of its non-core businesses.