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1. Eaton, Bob—Chrysler

   • ​​​Bob Lutz was supposed to be the successor, and Lee Iacocca would later regret his decision to give it to Eaton. Greatly. Eaton oversaw Chrysler’s sale to Daimler-Benz. The original outsourcing of an American company. All the top execs were Germans at the point of his retirement from the company.
     

     • https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/27/business/eaton-to-retire-from-daimlerchrysler.html
       

2. Eyler, John—Toys R Us

   • ​​https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/A-E/Eyler-John-H-Jr-1948.html
     

   • ​https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/how-toys-r-us-succumbed-to-its-nasty-debt-problem
     

   • ​​https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/15/news/companies/toys-r-us-closing-blame/index.html 
     

   • ​​https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/toys-r-us-bankruptcy-private-equity/561758/ 
     

3. Farley, William—Fruit of the Loom

   • ​​https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/24/business/company-news-west-point-pepperell-buyer-steps-down-as-its-chairman.html
     

   • https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1990/05/06/william-farley-dealmaker-drowning-in-debt/fe4cd1b2-1ed2-4bea-94f2-9d480cbade0c/
     

   • ​​https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2018/From-the-Vault-Spoiled-Fruit/
     

   • ​​https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/19/business/taking-the-starch-out-of-an-american-icon.html?referer=https://www.google.com
     

4. Fiorina, Carly—HP/Compaq

   • ​​​https://fortune.com/2015/08/14/carly-fiorina-president-2/
     

   • ​​https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1065&context=gfsb
     

   • https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-merger-that-worked-co_b_95873
     

   • ​​http://www.hngn.com/articles/130557/20150916/carly-fiorina-hp-thwarted-us-sanctions-sold-120.htm​
     

   • https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2010/sep/17/barbara-boxer/ad-sen-barbara-boxer-attacks-carly-fiorina-layoffs/

   • ​​https://money.cnn.com/2005/02/09/technology/hp_fiorina/index.htm
     

   • ​​https://www.cnbc.com/2009/04/30/Portfolios-Worst-American-CEOs-of-All-Time.html?page=3
     

5. Fish, Lawrence—Bank of New England

   • ​​https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1991/01/09/anatomy-of-a-failure/c658a300-58cc-4dba-a8c7-35ca6edeefa8/
     

   • ​​https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1996-12-14-9612140015-story.html
     

   • ​​https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/04/business/how-one-man-s-ego-wrecked-a-bank.html
     

6. Fish, Lawrence—Citizens Bank

   • ​​https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2015/03/31/seven-years-out-of-citizens-larry-fish-pulls-in.html
     

   • https://www.americanbanker.com/news/larry-fish-has-finally-made-it-big-with-little-ris-citizens-financial
     

7. Flamson, Richard—Security Pacific

   • ​​​https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/20/obituaries/richard-flamson-62-security-pacific-chief.html
     

   • ​​https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/01/16/Flamson-steps-down-as-CEO-at-Security-Pacific-Corp/1725632466000/
     

   • ​​https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1985/03/13/unocal-sues-bank-for-pickens-deal/a8cd992a-90e3-453b-a180-c4e81d79166b/
     

   • http://www.kamakuraco.com/Blog/tabid/231/EntryId/226/Kamakura-Blog-Commercial-Real-Estate-Security-Pacific-and-Dead-Bank-Walking.aspx
     

8. Freeman, Gaylord—First National Bank of Chicago

   • ​​​This isn’t about Gaylord freeman (it quotes him) but it is a great article on corporate stewardship
     

     • https://hbr.org/2014/08/whatever-happened-to-corporate-stewardship
       

     • https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-03-08-9101210694-story.html
       

9. Fuld, Richard—Lehman Brothers

   • ​​https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/11/lehman-brothers-collapse-where-are-the-key-figures-now
     

   • ​​http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/category/culprits-of-the-collapse
     

   • ​​https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lehman-backstory/lehman-ceo-fulds-hubris-contributed-to-meltdown-idUSN1341059120080914
     

   • ​​https://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=5951669&page=1
     

   • ​​https://www.reuters.com/article/us-financial-lehman-idUSTRE4954DL20081007