Apple fired Steve Jobs—then brought him back
In the ultimate corporate blunder, Apple's board ousted their visionary founder because he was 'disruptive' and expensive. Jobs went off to found NeXT and buy Pixar, while Apple floundered so hard they nearly went bankrupt by selling overly complicated beige boxes. They bought NeXT in 1996 just to get Jobs back, effectively paying $400 million to apologize for their own stupidity.

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