4. 约翰•Z•德劳瑞恩

德劳瑞恩汽车公司CEO

1975-1982年

    为了生产鸥翼、不锈钢车体跑车，德劳瑞恩在融资2亿美元后在北爱尔兰开设了工厂。因为他发现在北爱尔兰，融资比生产汽车更容易。成本超支和滞销迫使德劳瑞恩寻找更多的资金，这反过来让他成为美国联邦调查局（FBI）一个卧底行动的目标。1982年，他被指控阴谋向美国走私价值达2,400万美元的可卡因。虽然他最终被宣判无罪，但是公司却遭遇了破产的命运。如今，德劳瑞恩汽车只有依靠在电影《回到未来》（Back to the Future）中的角色才能为人所知。

4. John Z. DeLorean

CEO, DeLorean Motor Co.

1975-1982

    After raising $200 million to build his gull-winged, stainless-steel-bodied sports car, DeLorean opened a factory in Northern Ireland where he discovered that raising money was easier than actually building cars. Cost overruns and slow sales sent DeLorean looking for more capital, which in turn made him the subject of an FBI sting operation. In 1982, he was charged with conspiring to smuggle $24 million worth of cocaine into the U.S. While he was eventually acquitted, his company collapsed, and DeLorean's car is best-known today for its role in the Back to the Future movies.