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I feel like Ron Wayne entry in this list is off in so many ways >Ron Wayne was technically a co-founder of Apple Computer, but he chose to leave after only 12

I feel like Ron Wayne entry in this list is off in so many ways >Ron Wayne was technically a co-founder of Apple Computer, but he chose to leave after only 12 days. He paid the price by missing out on millions, if not billions, when he sold his 10 percent share of the company for $800. He chose to leave the company himself because he didn't believe (at the time) that Apple would succeed. That was his choice, he did not get pushed out. Obviously (in hindsight!) this was a bad mistake, but at the time it was not and nobody could even imagine the succes apple would turn out to be. Hindsight is always 20/20 guys.

saalweachter 12y ago
Agreed. I'd be way more outraged if a founder who left after 12 days had retained 10% of the company and sold it for billions.
616c 12y ago
All I could think of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_History Larry David is working for an energy-efficient car startup as chief of marketing, gets fired days before it goes huge for objecting to the name of first model of the car, Howard, and well, loses out in a huge payout and goes dark and flees to reinvent himself.