Exhibit 99.1

        GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection with the Quarterly Report of General Electric Capital Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 29, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Denis Nayden, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1)  The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
          the Company.



/s/ Denis Nayden
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Denis Nayden
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
July 31, 2002