As the year is coming to a close, the corporate world also had its own share of shocks and surprises. The year witnessed several high profile departures by the CEOs of many global companies. Some of them called it a day on health grounds, some others had to bow out due to scandals and some others were fired over their "non performance".
Here is the Forbes' list of high profile CEOs who relinquished office in 2011.
New-York based auction house, Sotheby's, is all set for a historic sale featuring contract papers that helped establish Steve Jobs' Apple register as a corporate body, back in 1976.ReutersThe former New Jersey governor and former head of Goldman Sachs, Jon Corzine, resigned as the CEO of MF Global on November 4, 2011ReutersThe giant Japanese camera maker ousted its British CEO in October, 2011 after Woodford questioned takeover costs that amounted to billions.ReutersEric Schmidt resigned from Google.ReutersIn Apotheker's 11 months on the job, he struck a number of deals which were criticised by analysts and HP's stock lost 47 percent of its value.ReutersCarol Bartz announced she had breast cancer in 1992, when she was elected CEO of Autodesk. Then she was elected CEO OF Yahoo in 2006.ReutersMr. Palmisano announced that he is stepping aside as CEO on October 25th, 2011.ReutersThomas Glocer, the former CEO of Reuters, announced on Dec. 1 that he would step down, amid reports that the Thomson family urged him to go.ReutersArpey repeatedly spoke out against the carrier's decision to file for bankruptcy. He exited in November with no severance package and almost worthless stock holdings.Press Association
