{"title":"Lehman Brothers: the biggest company collapse in US history","url":"https://numberreels.com/v/lehman-brothers-the-biggest-company-collapse-in--20261021-big-number-documentary","publisher":"NumberReels","source":"Lehman Brothers 10-Q (SEC), May 2008 · OTS and FDIC releases, 25 Sep 2008","sourceUrl":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna26716880","asOf":"31 May 2008 (last report before the 15 Sep 2008 filing)","publishedAt":"2026-10-21","unit":null,"columns":[{"key":"label","label":"Name"},{"key":"value","label":"Value","prefix":"$"}],"rows":[{"label":"in assets, last reported in 2008. It owed $613B: about $2,000 per American.","value":639000000000}],"citations":[{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000806085/000110465908045115/a08-18147_110q.htm","publisher":"US SEC filing (Lehman Brothers 10-Q)","figure":"Lehman Brothers total assets $639,432 million at May 31, 2008","quote":"639,432","tier":1},{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000806085/000110465908045115/a08-18147_110q.htm","publisher":"US SEC filing (Lehman Brothers 10-Q)","figure":"Lehman Brothers total liabilities $613,156 million at May 31, 2008","quote":"613,156","tier":1},{"url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna26716880","publisher":"NBC News (AP)","figure":"Lehman had assets of $639 billion and debt of $613 billion as of May 31, 2008; filed September 15, 2008, the biggest bankruptcy filing ever","quote":"Lehman said that as of May 31, it had assets of $639 billion and debt of $613 billion.","tier":3},{"url":"https://www.occ.treas.gov/static/ots/press-releases/ots-pr-2008-46.pdf","publisher":"Office of Thrift Supervision","figure":"Washington Mutual Bank, the $307 billion thrift, was acquired by JPMorgan Chase on September 25, 2008","quote":"Washington Mutual Bank, the $307 billion thrift institution headquartered in Seattle","tier":1},{"url":"https://archive.fdic.gov/view/fdic/3396/fdic_3396_DS1.pdf","publisher":"FDIC","figure":"Washington Mutual Bank and its subsidiary had combined assets of $307 billion; closed September 25, 2008","quote":"They have combined assets of $307 billion and total deposits of $188 billion.","tier":1},{"url":"https://abcnews.com/Business/story?id=5889501","publisher":"ABC News","figure":"Washington Mutual had $307 billion in assets; the largest bank failure on record","quote":"Washington Mutual had $307 billion in assets compared to Continental's $40 billion","tier":3},{"url":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2008","publisher":"World Bank","figure":"US population 2008: 304,093,966 people (used for debt per American: $613.2 billion / 304.1 million = about $2,016)","quote":"304093966","tier":1}]}