Cimetière des actions : les plus grandes faillites de l’histoire
Plus de 700 milliards de dollars de richesse détruite. Des milliers d’investisseurs ruinés. La leçon dont chaque investisseur a besoin avant son prochain pari.
Wirecard
The largest accounting fraud in post-war German history
Enron
The energy giant that forced U.S. SEC reforms
Lehman Brothers
The bankruptcy that triggered the 2008 financial crisis
Theranos
$9B valuation — without a single working product
FTX
Sam Bankman-Fried burned $8B customer funds in 9 days
Silicon Valley Bank
The fastest bank failure in U.S. history: 36 hours from solvent to dead
WorldCom
Until Lehman, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history
Bear Stearns
The domino before Lehman — saved by JP Morgan emergency takeover
Pets.com
9 months from IPO to bankruptcy — the symbol of the dotcom bubble
Long-Term Capital Management
Two Nobel laureates, $130B leverage, saved by the Fed
Madoff Investment Securities
The largest Ponzi scheme in history — undetected for 17 years
Greensill Capital
Supply chain finance with Credit Suisse exposure — burned in one week