Executives whose personal relationships did them in
Hewlett-Packard Co CEO Mark Hurd, who resigned on Friday, is the latest in a long list of prominent executives who have lost their jobs over personal relationships. Here are some of the more high-profile recent cases
John Browne stepped down as CEO of BP PLC in 2007 after details of a gay affair were made public. Mr. Browne had sought court orders to prevent newspapers from printing details but resigned after the U.K. courts lifted an injunction on publication.ODD ANDERSEN
In 2005, Boeing Co. ousted Harry Stonecipher as CEO, saying he had shown poor judgment by having a consensual affair with a female employee.Scott Olson
The CEO of Time Warner Inc's Home Box Office unit, Chris Albrecht, was forced to resign in 2007 after he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend in a Las Vegas parking lot.� Reuters Photographer / Reuters
Health insurer WellPoint Inc. fired CFO David Colby for a “personnel matter” in 2007. A former female employee later sued Colby for sexual battery.Wellpoint