Nell Minow

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That's true in life and in troubled corporations, such as American International Group Inc. (AIG). Only three out of the 11 directors who oversaw the New York-based company as it began its death spiral remain on the board following yesterday's...

As the co-founder of The Corporate Library, Nell Minow has done more to raise awareness about shareholder rights than just about anyone in history. BusinessWeek has called her "the queen of good corporate governance" and she's a former president of Institutional Shareholder Services. I recently...