Top 10 Bankruptcies
With an estimated $89 million in assets before it filed for Chapter 11, General Motors has become the U.S.'s fourth largest bankruptcy, joining the ranks of fallen corporate behemoths like WorldCom and Enron
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
2008
At least $639 billion in pre-filing assets
It's official: Lehman Brothers filed the largest bankruptcy case in history on Monday, Sept. 15, as the storied investment bank fell prey to the credit crisis. According to Bankruptcydata.com, Lehman's assets before filing for bankruptcy were six to seven times the pre-filing assets of the second largest bankruptcy since 1980.
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