Mr. Badillo resigned his board chairmanship.

Mr. Rathmann, who had held all three top titles, now retains only the board chairmanship.

With these difficulties and some board directors dissatisfaction, Eisner ceded the board chairmanship.

Instead, he took on the board chairmanship of NBC, a network so sick and hobbled that there was actually speculation about shutting it down.

With the money all made, dynamic tycoons no longer struggled for board chairmanships.

Before the Crash, Insull controlled an empire of holding companies, and he personally held eighty-five directorships, sixty-five board chairmanships, and eleven company presidencies.

Even though a board chairmanship is, in a sense, ceremonial, it still requires time and travel.

And now, more American companies are doing it, too: wresting board chairmanships away from chief executives.

In 1937, and until 1945, he held the board chairmanship of Münchener Rückversicherung AG.

By April 2011 he had resigned from every board chairmanship or membership.