Comdisco was a classic rags to riches to rags story of a Greek Chicago man who built the company into a leasing powerhouse only to watch the finanacial condition of the company deteriorate under the tenure of his son who tried to turn it into a dot.com incubator during the bubble.
However since reemerging from bankruptcy the prospects of the company have reversed course and Warran Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has recently taken a position in the company.