Shashi Bellamkonda - Thoughts and Learning

America Online mogul Steve Case and BET co-founder Bob Johnson went on to become household names. Katherine Clark and Jeong Kim built on their reputations as technology mavens. Others, such as Stephen Wolf, then chairman of US Airways, became corporate dons. They were smart, skilled and at the right place at the right time. In the group photo from 1998, all nine wore jaunty smiles. You would, too, if you were that rich. But the past 11 years and the ensuing economic collapse have faded those smiles, turned hair gray, swelled some midsections and caused bank accounts to swoon. Read more at www.washingtonpost.com