20 Largest Public Company Bankruptcy Filings 1980 - Present Company Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Washington Mutual, Inc. WorldCom, Inc. General Motors Corporation Enron Corp. Conseco, Inc. Chrysler LLC Thornburg Mortgage, Inc. Pacific Gas and Electric Company Texaco, Inc. Financial Corp. of America Refco Inc. IndyMac Bancorp, Inc. Global Crossing, Ltd. Bank of New England Corp. General Growth Properties, Inc. Lyondell Chemical Company Calpine Corporation New Century Financial Corporation UAL Corporation * Listed in descending order by Pre-Petition Assets (Assets in $mil) Source: BankruptcyData.com New Generation Research, Inc. Boston, MA (617) 573-9550
Bankruptcy Date 09/15/08 09/26/08 07/21/02 06/01/09 12/02/01 12/17/02 04/30/09 05/01/09 04/06/01 04/12/87 09/09/88 10/17/05 07/31/08 01/28/02 01/07/91 04/16/09 01/06/09 12/20/05 04/02/07 12/09/02
Description Investment Bank Savings & Loan Holding Co. Telecommunications Manufactures & Sells Cars Energy Trading, Natural Gas Financial Services Holding Co. Manufactures & Sells Cars Residential Mortgage Lending Company Electricity & Natural Gas Petroleum & Petrochemicals Financial Services & Savings and Loans Brokerage Services Bank Holding Company Global Telecommunications Carrier Interstate Bank Holding Company Real Estate Investment Company Global Manufacturer of Chemicals Integrated Power Company Real Estate Investment Trust Passenger Air Carrier
Assets $691,063 327,913 103,914 91,047 65,503 61,392 39,300 36,521 36,152 34,940 33,864 33,333 32,734 30,185 29,773 29,557 27,392 27,216 26,147 25,197