#6 Andrew Mason

Shares of daily deals company Groupon have plunged to a new low of 80 percent this year. Even Andrew Mason wonders why he isn’t yet fired by the bored of directors. Overall, the company’s shares have been hammered since its IPO at $20 per share last year as the company has struggled to maintain growth in its core deals business while trying to expand into other areas like physical goods. Ironically when the reports of his being fired made headlines, the share value went up, but yet he wasn’t fired.

#5 Tim O'Shaugnessy

Tim O’Shaugnessy is the CEO & Co-founder of LivingSocial.com. It is a deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies. The company saw steep fall in revenues because of specifically margin compression from thousands of competitors and growth that's dependent on marketing spending.

#4 Thorsten Heins

Thorsten is the current chief executive officer of Research in Motion. It is too obvious that BlackBerry which ruled the roost in Smartphone arena had been pushed to 3^rd or 4^th spot with never ceasing fall in its market position, putting Heins on hot seat.

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