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CEO See-Ya!

It's the new era of accountability: Most of the nation's worst-performing bosses have been shown the door.

But what about the guys who just won't go?

Meet the Teflon CEOs. Poor results, declining stock prices, and strategic blunders just seem to slide right off them.

Read the original feature that started it all

CEOs Who Should Lose Their Jobs.

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Additional perpetrators

October 2005
Duller Image: Richard Thalheimer, CEO of Sharper Image.
September 2005
Sick and Tired: David Mott, CEO of Medimmune Inc.
August 2005
Wash-n-Go: Ralph Hake, CEO of Maytag Corp.
July 2005
Sunrise, Sunset: Scott G. McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems.
June 2005
Plug-n-Pay: Jure Sola, CEO of Sanmina-SCI.
May 2005
Extra, Extra!: Peter Kann, CEO of Dow Jones.
April 2005
Blackout?: Peter Cartwright, CEO of Calpine.
March 2005
Short circuit: W. Alan McCollough, CEO of Circuit City Stores.
February 2005
This month: Wilfred J. Corrigan, CEO of LSI Logic.
October 2004
How are five bosses faring a year after we said they should get the boot?
July 2004
This month: Franklin D. Raines, CEO of Fannie Mae.
June 2004
This month: James Q. Crowe, CEO of Level 3 Communications.
May 2004
David McCourt, CEO of RCN Corp.
April 2004
Robert D. Fagan, CEO of TECO Energy.
March 2004
Raymond Gilmartin, CEO of Merck & Co.
February 2004
Steven A. Burd, CEO of Safeway Inc.
January 2004
Mark P. Bulriss, CEO of Great Lakes Chemical Corp.
December 2003
William Dillard II, CEO of Dillard's Inc.

Our Methodology

Peer index return includes companies with the same SIC code. Split-adjusted, includes dividend readjustment. Total compensation includes salary, bonus, stock-option exercises, and all other long-term compensation for the past five years, excepting the value of options granted but not exercised.