Getting fired feels like the end of the world when it happens. But for some of the world’s wealthiest people, losing their job turned out to be the push they needed to build empires. Here are five ...

Getting fired from your job is hard, but there are certain steps you should take in the days and weeks following, just like you would after a layoff.

From pocket-dialing your boss to simply wearing an orange T-shirt, people get fired for ridiculous reasons. Just take a look at Vicki Walker of New Zealand, who was fired after she sent a company-wide ...

Call it getting reorganized out. Call it getting fired. Whatever you call it, the result was the same. One day, I was running Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. The next day, they'd "simplified their ...