Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses.

In 1975 the family moved to Nashville Tennessee where Conte had been recruited by Hospital Corporation of America. Bredesen used some of the savings to establish a "safety net" for health clinics affected by the cuts. in 1967.

A member of the Democratic Party he was first elected Governor in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006. Philip Norman "Phil" Bredesen Jr. Bredesen is the founder of the HealthAmerica Corporation which he sold in 1986.