Vice Presidents Anonymous is a support group for recovering VPs, much like Alcoholics Anonymous is for alcoholics. But instead of sharing stories about struggles with alcohol, we share stories about struggles with greed, sleaze, aggression, delusion, paralysis and imbecility .   

1. Immelt, Jeffrey—General Electric

   • Tax dodger

     • https://www.businessinsider.com/citizens-tax-justice-tax-pepco-2011-11

     • From 2010—2019, drastic drastic DRASTIC shift in corporations not paying federal income tax, with that beginning to become the norm. Immelt one of the large starters of this trend. 

       • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2018-taxes-some-of-americas-biggest-companies-paid-little-to-no-federal-income-tax-last-year/

       • https://money.cnn.com/2011/11/03/news/economy/corporate_taxes/index.htm

       • Obama appoints Immelt as the head of corporate tax reform council—the very guy who is the worst offender. Did somebody say drain the swamp?

         • https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/economy/25tax.html?pagewanted=all

       • Outsourcing GE jobs to China, to boot.

         • https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904772304576467873321597208
           

2. Jenkins, William N.—SeaFirst

   • ​​https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/17/business/two-resign-at-seafirst-following-loan-losses.html
     

   • ​https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/William-Jenkins-1919-2007-Former-Seafirst-1242862.php​

3. Joseph, Fred—Drexel, Burnham, Lambert

   • ​​https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/business/01joseph.html
     

   • ​​https://fortune.com/2015/10/16/the-last-days-of-drexel-burnham/
     

   • ​​https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/12/73170/index.htm
     

4. ​Kalanick, Travis—Uber

   • ​​https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-life-rise-photos-2017-6
     

   • ​https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/13/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-leave-absence-scandal
     

   • ​​https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-co-founder-travis-kalanick-to-depart-companys-board-11577196747
     

   • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTEDYCkNqns
     

5. Keyes, James—Blockbuster

   • ​​https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-27-la-fi-ct-blockbuster-20100827-story.html
     

   • ​​https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/09/05/a-look-back-at-why-blockbuster-really-failed-and-why-it-didnt-have-to/#74726711d64a
     

   • ​https://www.fastcompany.com/1661556/blockbuster-ceo-jim-keyes-bankruptcy-netflix-and-becoming-next-apple
     

   • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvPhL1saFaw
     

6. Killinger, Kerry—Washington Mutual

   • ​​https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/09/14/really-underestimated-political-will-to-do-away-with-main-street-banks-says-former-washington-mutual-ceo-financial-crisis-risks-in-system.html
     

   • ​​https://www.bloomberg.com/politics?pid=20601087&sid=acBgLSSWN0.8&refer=home
     

   • ​​https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/business/18bank.html
     

   • ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdqmniYBa1o (wow)
     

   • https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/print-edition/2013/09/20/former-wamu-ceo-kerry-killinger.html
     

7. Kuhns, William G.—General Public Utilities

   • ​​​​https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/22/business/business-people-retired-chief-to-head-general-public-utilities.html
     

   • ​​https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1979/04/26/utilities-wont-remain-haven-for-investors/762f3a6e-8d96-40b5-81e3-0ce92cf23cdc/
     

   • ​​https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/04/24/chairman-of-nuclear-utility-fears-sharp-rise-in-investment-charges/2cad23b5-3f85-49bf-9e7f-e7287de9689d/
     

   • ​​https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/05/07/General-Public-Utilities-Corp-owner-of-Three-Mile-Island/2863358056000/