Two of the largest tech companies in the U.S. fired their CEOs in September. Leo Apotheker of Hewlett-Packard and Carol Bartz of Yahoo are out, but Apple also had a CEO who didn't last too long at the top. Steve Jobs hadn't been Apple CEO for a decade when Gil Amelio took over in February of 1996. Start the slideshow for a peek at the top 10 list of shortest and longest serving CEOs of U.S. tech companies. The first five are the shortest serving CEO's in ascending order, then the Longest in the same way.

Leo Apotheker
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker is slated to receive nearly $14 million in severance after termination after 11 months on the job. David Terrar / Creative Common
MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta
MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta Reuters
Apple CEO Gil Amelio
Apple CEO Gil Amelio Reuters
Dell CEO Kevin Rollins
Dell CEO Kevin Rollins Reuters
Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz
Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Reuters
Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Google CEO Eric Schmidt Reuters
Hwelett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman
Hwelett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman Reuters
Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Apple CEO Steve Jobs Reuters
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
Oracle ex-CEO Larry Ellison Reuters
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