Skilling

Former Enron CEO Skilling Freed from Federal Custody

Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey K. Skilling, who helped create the leading natural gas trading platform in the country before illegal schemes spiraled the company into bankruptcy and him to federal prison, is a free man.

February 22, 2019

Desks of Enron’s Top Dogs Go to, Uh, the Dogs

The custom-made desks used by former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were donated to Saving Animals, a nonprofit animal protection organization. The charity will auction the items on e-Bay through March 24 with all proceeds benefiting the group’s spay, neuter and adoption programs.

March 19, 2007

Creditors Given Permission to Sue Former Enron Execs

Ten of Enron Corp.’s former top executives, including Chairman Kenneth Lay, CEO Jeffrey Skilling and CFO Andrew Fastow, now face lawsuits by creditors after the U.S. Bankruptcy Court overseeing the company’s case gave its permission. The lawsuits would be handled in Texas district court.

October 3, 2002

‘New’ Enron to Return to Basics, Not Look Back

The “new” Enron Corp. will be a smaller company, based on hard assets with predictable revenue and cash flow, its new interim CEO said in his first press conference Wednesday night in Houston. He also was emphatic in talking about what caused the Fortune 100 company to go under so quickly. “I frankly don’t care,” said Stephen Cooper.

February 4, 2002

EES Lost More than Enron Claims, Says Ex-Employee

A former Enron Corp. employee, laid off in August 2001 shortly after former CEO Jeffrey Skilling resigned, claimed in an internal memo sent three weeks after she left the company that Enron Energy Services (EES) moved “huge” losses into its money-making Enron Wholesale Services unit to appear more substantial. The allegations, reported Thursday by the Houston Chronicle, were made last Aug. 28 in a memo to former Chairman Kenneth Lay and the board of directors.

January 25, 2002