2013 may have been an excellent year to be invested in the market for many, but not for everyone. In this video, our analysts at Fool HQ sit down to discuss the very worst CEO for 2013. Was it Ron Johnson of J.C. Penney (JCP +0.00%) after the company continued its brutal decline, Eddie Lampert of Sears Holdings (SHLD +0.00%), the beleaguered Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase (JPM +0.40%), or the most tactful and eloquent CEO of them all, Mike Jeffries of Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF +0.91%)?
The Worst CEO of 2013: J.C. Penney's Ron Johnson or Abercrombie & Fitch's Mike Jeffries?
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2013 was a phenomenal year for many investors, but not for these CEOs. Who was the very worst of 2013? Ron Johnson of J.C. Penney? Eddie Lampert of Sears? Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan Chase? Or Mr. Foot-in-His-Mouth himself, Mike Jeffries of Abercrombie & Fitch? Fools talk about it.
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