Jeffery+Skilling

Basic personal information: Jeffery skilling was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in New Jersey. worked at WLXT when he was 16 years old. graduated from West Aurora High School. He earned his M.B.A from Harvard Business School in 1979. He is divorced in 1997 has a daughter and two sons.

Background: Skilling worked with Enron in 1987, creating a forward market in natural gas. Was then hired by Lay in 1990 as chairman and chief executive officer of Emron Finance Corp. Helped make Enron the biggest wholesaler of gas and electricity.

Position: Former president of Enron

Role he played in the collapse: He had security fraud, and was also caught for insider trading. When asked what role he had in all this he said he had no idea it was going on.

What happened to the company: Enron declared Bankrubcy and went out of business.

Were he Today: Jeffery Skilling was found guilty for one count of conspiracy, one count of insider trading, five couts of making false statements to auditors, and twelve counts of security fraud. Is currently in prison serving 24 years and 4 months and fined $45 Million.



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