Aimee Groth, Business Insider
Recruited by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, Johnson bet his turnaround on making JCPenney look more like Apple, using a genius bar concept to influence how the new JC Penney stores will look.
But as JCPenney sales declined and feedback from customers and employees was relentlessly negative, Johnson ran out of time.
We attended Johnson's big presentation in January 2012, when he officially kicked off his turnaround