Nicholas Pontikes oversaw the swift demise of his dad's 30-year-old computer leasing firm. Here's Comdisco's sad tale. Kenneth pontikes must be cringing in his grave. Seven years after the founder of Rosemont, Ill.-based Comdisco died of colon cancer, his once high-flying computer leasing company is now so crippled that it will likely be wholly or partially sold off. About $1 billion of the company's $3.5 billion publicly held debt, now rated as junk, is due by fiscal year-end in September, according to debt-rating service Fitch.
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