????美林證券公司CEO斯坦?奧尼爾

????斯坦?奧尼爾是首位因忽視2007年信貸市場危機和后續金融危機的影響范圍而被迫離職的華爾街首席執行官。投資者對此反響熱烈。

????2007年10月26日，市場猜測斯坦?奧尼爾即將離職，于是在紐約交易的美林證券（Merrill Lynch）股票上漲了8.5%，漲至66.09美元。該銀行公布巨虧22.4億美元后，投資者對奧尼爾失去了信心，幾天后，奧尼爾辭職。

????雖然奧尼爾離職讓投資者感到高興，但奧尼爾自己對此也很開心，因為他的離職金高達1.615億美元。

????Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal

????Investors applauded the first Wall Street chief executive forced out for overlooking the extent of the 2007 credit-market crunch and subsequent financial crisis.

????Shares of Merrill Lynch climbed 8.5% to $66.09 in New York trading on Oct. 26, 2007 on speculation that Stan O'Neal would leave. O'Neal lost the confidence of investors after the bank posted a whopping $2.24 billion loss, and he resigned several days later.

????Apotheker had been a surprise replacement -- not just because the company had been widely expected to appoint an internal employee, but he came with a questionable past, having been ousted from the top spot at SAP in 2009.

????Reports on September 21 that the board was considering firing Apotheker and replacing him with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman sent HP shares soaring 7%. The next day, HP announced just that.