20 CEOs Who DESTROYED Their Own Companies
VOICE OVER: Noah Baum
WRITTEN BY: Lindsey Clouse
Some CEOs don't just fail — they take entire companies down with them. Join us as we count down the corporate executives whose greed, incompetence, and outright fraud drove their businesses straight into the ground. From accounting scandals to audacious lies, these leaders prove that a bad boss can be a company's greatest liability. Our countdown includes Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos, Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay of Enron, Adam Neumann of WeWork, Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX, Martin Winterkorn's Dieselgate scandal at Volkswagen, and more! Which of these CEOs do you think made the dumbest decisions? Let us know in the comments!
- #21: EOs Who Destroyed Their Own Companies
- #20: George Shaheen
- #19: Trevor Milton
- #18: Al Dunlap
- #17: Archie McCardell
- #16: Dennis Kozlowski
- #15: John Rigas
- #14: Martin Shkreli
- #13: Sam Bankman-Fried
- #12: Richard Fuld
- #11: Gerald Ratner
- #10: Carly Fiorina
- #9: Fred Goodwin
- #8: Marissa Mayer
- #7: Eddie Lampert
- #6: Bernard Ebbers
- #5: John Sculley
- #4: Martin Winterkorn
- #3: Adam Neumann
- #2: Jeffrey Skilling
- #1: Elizabeth Holmes
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