Pursuits
Sex-Scandal CEOs Spark Surge of Notoriety in the C-Suite
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Chief executives may be no more prone to extramarital affairs than in the past, yet the notoriety for getting caught has exploded.
The resignation of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s incoming chief executive officer Christopher E. Kubasik after a relationship with a subordinate follows similar actions at Best Buy Inc., Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc., and Hewlett-Packard Co., among others. The day Kubasik stepped down, Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus resigned because of an affair.