Top 7 Biggest Business Collapses in History 1. Enron (2001) CEO at the time: Jeffrey Skilling Enron was once a darling of Wall Street, celebrated for its innovation in the energy sector and its explosive stock growth. But behind the curtain, it was a house of cards. Under CEO Jeffrey Skilling and Chairman Ken Lay, […]
The Billionaire Who Bet Big—and Lost: Masayoshi Son’s Rise, Fall & Redemption The Tech World's Greatest Gambling Man In the high-stakes casino of tech investing, nobody has played bigger hands than Masayoshi Son. The enigmatic founder and CEO of SoftBank transformed from industry visionary to cautionary tale—and possibly back again—in one of business's most dramatic […]
In less than one year, WeWork went from having a $47 billion valuation and being the darling of the venture capital world to needing an $8 billion infusion to avoid running out of money. This is the story of Adam Neumann, Softbank's risky investment, a failed IPO and how we got here.
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