8. 尤尔根•施伦普

戴姆勒•奔驰公司董事长

1995－1998年

戴姆勒克莱斯勒联合董事长

1998－2000年

戴姆勒克莱斯勒董事长

2000－2005年

    作为终极思想家，施伦普在1998年以380亿美元收购克莱斯勒，打造了一个全球帝国。他擅长编制宏伟的计划，却不擅长实际执行，未能让美国和德国的员工高效共事。德国经理人接管克莱斯勒后，克莱斯勒继续着它的繁荣与萧条周期。遭遇一次萧条之后，施伦普突然带着破烂不堪的世界扩张战略图辞去了董事长一职。

8. Jürgen Schrempp

Chairman, Daimler Benz

1995-1998

Co-chairman, DaimlerChrysler

1998-2000

Chairman, DaimlerChrysler

2000-2005

    The ultimate big thinker, Schrempp was building a global empire when he bought Chrysler for $38 billion in 1998. Always better at concocting grand schemes than actually executing them, he failed to get his American and German employees to effectively work together. Chrysler continued its history of boom-and-bust cycles after German managers took over, and after one bust too many, Schrempp suddenly resigned his chairmanship with his world-enveloping strategy in tatters.