Jeffrey Skilling
Jeffrey Skilling
Jeffrey Keith "Jeff" Skillingis the former CEO of the Enron Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas. In 2006, he was convicted of federal felony charges relating to Enron's financial collapse and is currently serving 14 years of a 24-year, four-month prison sentence at the Federal Prison Camp – Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama. The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in the appeal of the case March 1, 2010. On June 24, 2010, the Supreme Court vacated part of Skilling's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth25 November 1953
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Larry, I spent probably most of my professional life helping to build Enron Corporation. I don't think there was anyone that was as shocked by the - by the collapse of the company as I was.
I would view that as a rounding error. I'm not sure deals of that size would come to my attention. $125 million out of an annual calendar of $22 billion is hardly something that you would notice.
We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll.
Was I believer in Enron Corporation? Yes, sir, I was.
The only reason I sold the 500,000 shares on Sept. 17, the only reason, was Sept. 11.
I have never been told we are going to artificially create anything.
If we don't do this, the books that will get written will be wrong, like the books that have been written so far. I am innocent of all of these charges and I will fight for that for a long time.
He was a good guy. He was very good at what he did. He had a good sense of humor.
Get me as much of that juice as you can.
This was about protecting gains, not hiding losses.
She is helpful in trying to help me describe to people what I am trying to say.
I would prefer they not know I'm considering selling.
So I told Vince he didn't have to worry, we have plenty of cops in (the group).
We were building a - what I thought was a fantastic company. We had great people. We were changing - we were changing the way the marketplace operated. We were creating a market for natural gas and electricity that had never existed before.