Richard Fuld -- Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

CEOs at the Heart of the Crisis

Fuld, CEO of Lehman Brothers, has the distinction of being the executive behind the largest bankruptcy filing -- estimated at $613 billion -- in U.S. history. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)

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Richard Fuld -- ... Fuld, CEO of Lehman Brothers, has the distinction of being the executive behind the largest bankruptcy filing -- estimated at $613 billion -- in U.S. history. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)
Angelo Mozilo --... Mozilo's tenure at Countrywide was marked by his "Friends of Angelo" VIP program that gave below-market rates to the CEO's best friends and several members of Congress. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)
Kerry Killinger ... Killinger led Washington Mutual through sensational growth and into a slew of risky product offerings. The bank finally collapsed and sold its assets to J.P. Morgan Chase. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
James Cayne -- B... After 16 years as CEO at Bear Stearns, Cayne handed the reins to Alan D. Schwartz -- then watched the firm collapse. (AP Photo/HO/Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.)
Daniel Mudd -- F... Mudd was ousted from his post as Fannie Mae's CEO in September when the government placed the company into a conservatorship. He will not receive a severance package. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Richard Syron --... Syron was relieved of his duties as Freddie Mac CEO as part of the government's takeover of the troubled company in September. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Martin J. Sulliv... Sullivan held the CEO post at AIG from 2005 through early 2008. The insurance company was propped up by an $85 billion loan from the U.S. government earlier this month. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Stanley O'Neal -... O'Neal retired from his post as Merrill Lynch CEO in October 2007 after huge subprime-related losses and writedowns. His successor, John Thain, orchestrated the firm's sale to Bank of America on the same day Lehman Brothers went under. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Charles Prince -... Prince stepped down from the CEO position at Citigroup in late 2007 after the company suffered billions in subprime writedowns. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Ken Thompson -- ... Wachovia's board forced then-CEO Ken Thompson from his post in June as the bank struggled through subprime-related losses. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)