General Motors' non-automotive brands divested in the 1980s through 2000s.
=== Divestment for financial goals ===Often the term is used as a means to grow financially in which a company sells off a business unit in order to focus their resources on a market it judges to be more profitable, or promising
Divestment execution includes five critical work streams: governance, tax, carve-out financial statements, deal-basis information, and operational separation

