40 Companies, Corporations and CEOs Who Could Use a Visit to the Boo Box From ‘Hook’
Frauds and fails heard ‘round the world
The thesis statement of this list is basically that there is no correlation between intelligence and wealth. Take it from us, plenty of highly intelligent people don’t end up making a ton of money. Then take it from this collection of corporate calamities and failed fraudulent efforts, plenty of dummies have made some serious scratch.
Did they end up holding onto it? Let’s find out now!
Red Granite Pictures
Barrick Gold Corp
Gerald Ratner
Elon Musk’s Financial Losses
Quaker
British Airways
Disney
Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Source: Pueblo Railway
Dumb and Dumber To
Warren Buffett
Crypto
Nike Swoosh Designer
Pets.com
Big Bailout
North Korea
FTX
Stan Lee
Source: Vulture
News Corp.
Gambled Away $100 Million
Kris Humphries
Source: US Magazine
Beanie Babies
Brazilian Oil Tycoon Elke Batista
Big Dig
Elizabeth Holmes
Microsoft
Excel
Burt’s Bees
Fox News
Source: 23 Stats That Are Misleading B.S. (But Technically Correct)
Citibank
Herbalife
Average CEO Income
Taxes
Sears
Churches
Ross Perot
Fraud Acquittal
Source: 13 Facts To Make Us Sound Smarter And/Or More Informed