10 CEOs Who Ruined Their Companies 🚨

Explore how 10 CEOs, involved in fraud and scandals, led their companies to destruction. A look at corporate downfall stories.

10 CEOs Who Ruined Their Companies 🚨
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356.9K views • Oct 18, 2025
10 CEOs Who Ruined Their Companies 🚨

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From fraudulent blood testing to diesel emissions cheating, these business leaders drove their empires straight into the ground! Join us as we examine the executives whose poor decisions, ethical lapses, and outright fraud transformed thriving companies into cautionary tales. Which corporate collapse shocked you the most? Our countdown includes Elizabeth Holmes' non-existent blood testing technology at Theranos, Adam Neumann's lavish spending at WeWork, Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay's accounting fraud at Enron, Martin Winterkorn's emissions scandal at Volkswagen, and John Sculley's disastrous tenure after ousting Steve Jobs from Apple. Did we miss any other corporate captains who sank their own ships? Let us know in the comments below!


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