John Browne

Former chairman of BP

Britain's tabloids went into overdrive, exposing a long-hidden homosexual relationship and forcing the resignation of one of the country's brightest corporate stars.

Angelo Mozilo

Founder of Countrywide Financial

The man who brought mortgages to the masses has become the public face of the subprime-mortgage debacle.

Stan O'Neal

Former C.E.O. of Merrill Lynch

America's highest-ranking black business executive found that he had less goodwill than he thought at Merrill and was done in by the subprime crisis.

Stephen Schwarzman

C.E.O. of the Blackstone Group

It may have once seemed like a good idea to be the poster boy for private equity. Not anymore.

Eliot Spitzer

Former governor of New York

Wall Street cheered as its biggest nemesis was undone by one of the basest public scandals in decades.