15 Shortest-Tenured CEOs Ever

Bangalore: CEOS are not sticking around long anymore. The recent history has witnessed so many stepping downs so far. Some are forced to give up, some are ousted and some made up their mind to leave.

Studies say that the average tenure for a CEO is 6.6 years now, while it used to be 8.1 years a decade ago. The figure lowers down to an average of just 4.1 years, when it comes to the external hires.

Here are some of the most high-profile CEOs who left their jobs early.

15 Carol Bartz

CEO tenure: 2 years, 8 months

Yahoo fired Carol Bartz from her CEO post in 2011 over the telephone. She served the company from January 2009 to September 2011. During her spell of 2 years and 8 months, she made several mistakes causing the company name a major damage. She was not able to cope with her employees. She also missed big opportunities with Microsoft and Hulu.