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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was forced out of the company he founded following his unsuccessful bid to have CEO John Sculley removed. He made his way back to the Apple when the company acquired his NeXT startup. Jobs' is one of the most inspiring stories of redemption in business lore.Photo: Getty Images/Getty Images North America
David Neeleman
In 2007, Jet Blue’s David Neeleman was pushed out of the top spot by the company he’d founded eight years prior. The reason? Service difficulties and the notion that JetBlue could have been more profitable Photo: campuspartybrasil on flickr/campuspartybrasil on flickr
Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang, co-founder and former chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc.,was CEO for a little over a year. In that time he was criticized for turning down an acquisition offer from Microsoft and failing to increase revenues. He stepped down as CEO in 2008 and left the company altogether in 2012. Photo: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Rob Kalin
Etsy co-founder Rob Kalin stepped down from the CEO position of his company in 2008 and then again in 2011. The online marketplace was born in Kalin's Brooklyn, New York apartment in 2005. Still with the company, he's seen the Etsy's sales reach Photo: USV on flickr/USV on flickr
Aubrey McClendon
Aubrey McClendon founded Chesapeake Energy in 1982 at the age of 23. He announced this past January that he will step down as CEO this year amidst allegations of self-dealing, questionable business practices and a spendthrift nature. Photo: AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki
Mike Lazaridis
Lazaridis gave up CEO leadership at RIM in early 2012, some say due to shareholder pressure. He stepped away from the company's board a year later following the release of Blackberry 10, a product aimed at re-acclimating the company to the mobile phone market it once dominated. Lazaridis founded the company in 1984.Photo: Eric Risberg/AP