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. Raines, Franklin—Fannie Mae

   • ​​ https://web.archive.org/web/20061213185648/http://www.ofheo.gov/media/pdf/lockharttestimony61506.pdf
     

   • https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/business/19fannie.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1213218218-+MjcDtak7TCPIvZdGa5Eg
     

   • ​ http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350_1877335,00.html

   • ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYxIfJg04hY​

2. Robinson, James—American Express

   • https://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/01/11/77369/index.htm

     • Downfall part of a larger trend of refocusing on the needs of the shareholders; his firing coincided with firing of GM CEO Bob Stempel.

   • https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/31/us/american-express-chairman-quits-after-days-of-corporate-turmoil.html
     

   • https://blog.rre.com/the-role-of-ceo-a-fireside-chat-with-jim-robinson-iii-129e26001a27
     

3. Roderick, David—US Steel

   • ​​​​https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2019/10/08/Obituary-David-Milton-Roderick-Former-CEO-of-U-S-Steel/stories/201910080175
     

   • ​​https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-30-fi-1081-story.html
     

4. Rogers, Theodore C.—NL Industries

   • ​​​​https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/31/business/business-people-nl-cost-cutter-attracts-attention-of-coniston.html
     

   • ​https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1988/november/dallass-other-billionaire/
     

   • ​​https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-06-13-1993164140-story.html
     

5. Rubin, Robert—Citibank

   • ​​https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-rubin-how-ignoring-climate-change-could-sink-the-us-economy/2014/07/24/b7b4c00c-0df6-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html
     

   • ​​https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14877865
     

   • https://rooseveltinstitute.org/looking-back-repeal-glass-steagall-or-how-banks-caught-casino-fever/
     

   • https://www.wsj.com/articles/robert-rubins-legacy-up-for-debate-10-years-after-citigroup-bailout-1528462800
     

   • ​https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-rubin/robert-rubin-quits-citigroup-amid-criticism-idUSN0930738020090109
     

6. Rumsfeld, Donald—G.D. Searle

   • ​​​https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-03-24-0003240253-story.html
     

   • ​​https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-rumsfeld-and-the-s_b_805581
     

   • ​https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/16/archives/rumsfeld-seeking-a-turnaround-for-searle-accused-by-justice.html (he greased palms to "sweeten" company sale by getting Aspartame approved, perhaps upping GD's worth)
     

7. Rumsfeld, Donald—General Instrument

   • ​​​https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-08-12-9308120332-story.html
     

   • ​https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/05/business/business-people-rumsfeld-becomes-chief-at-general-instrument.html?pagewanted=1
     

   • ​​https://predictablesuccess.com/the-leadership-flaws-of-don-rumsfeld/