Exhibit 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of THE CIT GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Corporation"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
(the "SEC"), under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 for the registration of the
Corporation's debt securities under said Act in an aggregate principal amount of
up to $16,202,600,000, or if issued at an original discount, such greater
principal amount as shall result in an aggregate initial public offering price
of up to $16,202,600,000 (all in United States dollars or an equivalent amount
in another currency or composite currency), hereby constitutes and appoints
JAMES P. SHANAHAN, ANNE BEROZA and ROBERT J. INGATO his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without
the others, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all pre-effective
and post-effective amendments thereof, including any increases in the registered
amount pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated by the SEC under the Act, with power
where appropriate to affix the corporate seal of said Corporation thereto and to
attest to said seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each such
amendment, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby
grants unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereby.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand on the 1st
day of June, 2001.

                                                /s/ Albert R. Gamper, Jr.
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                                                Albert R. Gamper, Jr.


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of THE CIT GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Corporation"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
(the "SEC"), under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 for the registration of the
Corporation's debt securities under said Act in an aggregate principal amount of
up to $16,202,600,000, or if issued at an original discount, such greater
principal amount as shall result in an aggregate initial public offering price
of up to $16,202,600,000 (all in United States dollars or an equivalent amount
in another currency or composite currency), hereby constitutes and appoints
JAMES P. SHANAHAN, ANNE BEROZA and ROBERT J. INGATO his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without
the others, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all pre-effective
and post-effective amendments thereof, including any increases in the registered
amount pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated by the SEC under the Act, with power
where appropriate to affix the corporate seal of said Corporation thereto and to
attest to said seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each such
amendment, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby
grants unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereby.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand on the 4th
day of June, 2001.

                                                /s/ L. Dennis Kozlowski
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                                                L. Dennis Kozlowski


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of THE CIT GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Corporation"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
(the "SEC"), under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 for the registration of the
Corporation's debt securities under said Act in an aggregate principal amount of
up to $16,202,600,000, or if issued at an original discount, such greater
principal amount as shall result in an aggregate initial public offering price
of up to $16,202,600,000 (all in United States dollars or an equivalent amount
in another currency or composite currency), hereby constitutes and appoints
JAMES P. SHANAHAN, ANNE BEROZA and ROBERT J. INGATO his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without
the others, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all pre-effective
and post-effective amendments thereof, including any increases in the registered
amount pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated by the SEC under the Act, with power
where appropriate to affix the corporate seal of said Corporation thereto and to
attest to said seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each such
amendment, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby
grants unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereby.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand on the 4th
day of June, 2001.

                                                /s/ Mark H. Swartz
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                                                Mark H. Swartz


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of THE CIT GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Corporation"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
(the "SEC"), under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 for the registration of the
Corporation's debt securities under said Act in an aggregate principal amount of
up to $16,202,600,000, or if issued at an original discount, such greater
principal amount as shall result in an aggregate initial public offering price
of up to $16,202,600,000 (all in United States dollars or an equivalent amount
in another currency or composite currency), hereby constitutes and appoints
JAMES P. SHANAHAN, ANNE BEROZA and ROBERT J. INGATO his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without
the others, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all pre-effective
and post-effective amendments thereof, including any increases in the registered
amount pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated by the SEC under the Act, with power
where appropriate to affix the corporate seal of said Corporation thereto and to
attest to said seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each such
amendment, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby
grants unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereby.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand on the 1st
day of June, 2001.

                                                /s/ Joseph M. Leone
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                                                Joseph M. Leone


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of THE CIT GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Corporation"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
(the "SEC"), under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 for the registration of the
Corporation's debt securities under said Act in an aggregate principal amount of
up to $16,202,600,000, or if issued at an original discount, such greater
principal amount as shall result in an aggregate initial public offering price
of up to $16,202,600,000 (all in United States dollars or an equivalent amount
in another currency or composite currency), hereby constitutes and appoints
JAMES P. SHANAHAN, ANNE BEROZA and ROBERT J. INGATO his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without
the others, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all pre-effective
and post-effective amendments thereof, including any increases in the registered
amount pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated by the SEC under the Act, with power
where appropriate to affix the corporate seal of said Corporation thereto and to
attest to said seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each such
amendment, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby
grants unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereby.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand on the 4th
day of June, 2001.

                                                /s/J. Brad McGee
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                                                J. Brad McGee