The listof America's 20 worst ever CEOs, compiled by business magazine Conde NastPortfolio after consulting with a panel of business school professors,identifies the business "leaders who helped drive their companies into theground.

These 20 include "six men who helped make today's economy stink", the magazine said. Here is the list of the top twenty worst ever CEOs. Take a look

1.     Dick Fuld - Designation: CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc

2.     Angelo Mozilo - Designation: Chairman and CEO of Countrywide Financial.

3.     Ken Lay - Designation: He was the CEO and chairman of Enron Corporation 1995 until his resignation on January 23, 2003, except for a few months in 2000 when he was chairman and Jeffrey Skilling was CEO.

4.     Jimmy Cayne - Designation: Former CEO of Bear Stearns.

5.     Bernie Ebbers - Designation: Former CEO of telecommunications company WorldCom

6.     Al Dunlap - Designation: Known as a business downsizer and headed firms like Scott Paper and Sunbeam – Oster

7.     Fred Joseph - Designation: Formerly CEO of Drexel Burnham Lambert and COO of Shearson Hammill & Company

8.     Jay Gould - Designation: Former CEO of American financier

9.     John Patterson - Designation: Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company

10.   John Akers - Designation: He was the president of IBM between 1983 and 1989. He was the CEO of IBM from 1984 until 1993; and chairman of IBM between 1986 and 1993

11.   Henry Frick - Designation: He was the CEO of Carnegie Steel

12.   Bob Allen - Designation: CEO AT&T

13.   Roger Smith - Designation: Former Chairman and CEO of General Motors

14.   John Sculley - Designation: Apple's CEO between 1983-93

15.   Martin Sullivan - Designation: Former President and CEO of AIG

16.   Gerald Levin - Designation: Former Time Warner chief

17.   Bob Nardelli - Designation: He is the chairman and CEO of Chrysler

18.   Stan O'Neal - Designation: Former President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Merrill Lynch & Co Inc.

19.   Carly Fiorina - Designation: Former HP's chief

20.   Vikram Pandit - Designation: CEO of Citigroup