3. Adam Applegarth
Adam Applegarth is the former boss of Northern Rock Bank in England. Applegarth had very high ambitions, leading the way for subprime mortgages and piling on way more loans than the bank could handle. When the mortgage crisis went into nuclear meltdown, he walked away from everything he built. In the aftermath, Northern Rock was nationalized and Applegarth’s career effectively ended at the young age of 39.