Howard Schultz returned to Starbucks after an eight-year hiatus when the company's stock price was really suffering. AG Lathly returned as CEO of Procter & Gamble after this company suffered under its successor. Ken Lay, who's second-son Enron included one of the most surprising and devastating failures in corporate history.
Disney’s board wished upon a star and brought back former CEO Bob Iger, who replaced his own replacement, the now-axed CEO Bob Chapek. The Hollywood Reporter’s Kim Masters explains.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and edited by Matt Collette and Noel King, who also hosted.
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