Enron

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Enron was a major American energy company that became infamous for one of the largest corporate frauds and bankruptcies in history, leading to sweeping reforms in financial regulation and corporate governance.

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Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
energy company ⓘ
public company ⓘ
assetsAtBankruptcy over 60 billion US dollars ⓘ
bankruptcyCourt U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ
bankruptcyDate December 2, 2001 ⓘ
bankruptcyType Chapter 11 ⓘ
causeOfBankruptcy accounting fraud and corporate misconduct ⓘ
ceo Jeffrey Skilling ⓘ
Kenneth Lay ⓘ
chairperson Kenneth Lay ⓘ
controversy destruction of documents by auditors ⓘ
manipulation of financial statements ⓘ
use of special purpose entities to hide debt ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 2007 ⓘ
foundedBy Houston Natural Gas ⓘ
InterNorth ⓘ
Kenneth Lay ⓘ
headquartersLocation Houston, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Houston
inception 1985 ⓘ
industry electricity ⓘ
energy ⓘ
energy trading ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
influenced Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 ⓘ
reforms in corporate governance ⓘ
reforms in financial reporting ⓘ
keyPerson Andrew Fastow ⓘ
Jeffrey Skilling ⓘ
Kenneth Lay ⓘ
Sherron Watkins ⓘ
knownFor accounting fraud ⓘ
bankruptcy ⓘ
corporate scandal ⓘ
legalCase United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP ⓘ
United States v. Skilling ⓘ
legalConsequence collapse of Arthur Andersen ⓘ
criminal convictions of top executives ⓘ
liabilitiesAtBankruptcy over 60 billion US dollars ⓘ
mainProduct electricity contracts ⓘ
energy derivatives ⓘ
natural gas contracts ⓘ
notableEvent SEC investigation in 2001 ⓘ
largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history at the time ⓘ
restatement of earnings in 2001 ⓘ
numberOfEmployees approximately 20000 ⓘ
numberOfEmployeesDate 2001 ⓘ
operatedIn Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
revenue over 100 billion US dollars ⓘ
revenueDate 2000 ⓘ
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
successor Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. ⓘ
Prisma Energy International ⓘ
tickerSymbol ENE ⓘ
usedAccountingFirm Arthur Andersen ⓘ
whistleblower Sherron Watkins ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Enron accounting scandal → involves → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room → subject → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room → portrays → Enron traders ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Arthur Andersen → audited → Enron ⓘ
Kenneth Lay → employer → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Kenneth Lay → boardMemberOf → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Jeffrey Skilling → employer → Enron ⓘ
Sherron Watkins → employer → Enron ⓘ
Andrew Fastow → employer → Enron ⓘ
InterNorth → mergerResult → Enron ⓘ
InterNorth → successor → Enron ⓘ
InterNorth → predecessorOf → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Houston Natural Gas → predecessorOf → Enron pipeline operations ⓘ
linked to: Enron
ENE → refersTo → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
ENE → associatedCompany → Enron Corporation ⓘ
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ENE → symbolFor → Enron Corporation on NYSE ⓘ
linked to: Enron
United States v. Skilling → relatedOrganization → Enron Corporation ⓘ
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United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP → involvedParty → Enron Corporation ⓘ
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Prisma Energy International → hasOrigin → Enron Corporation ⓘ
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Prisma Energy International → predecessor → Enron International ⓘ
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Prisma Energy International → hasParentCompany → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. → hasOriginalName → Enron Corp. ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. → predecessor → Enron Corp. ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. → parentCompany → Enron Corp. (prior to bankruptcy reorganization) ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Kenneth Lay → employer → Enron Corporation ⓘ
subject linked to: Lay
linked to: Enron
Enron scandal → mainSubject → Enron Corporation ⓘ
subject linked to: Lay
linked to: Enron
Linda Lay → associatedWith → Enron ⓘ
Linda Lay → spouseEmployer → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Arthur Andersen → notableCase → Enron ⓘ
subject linked to: AA
Arthur Andersen → notableClient → Enron ⓘ
subject linked to: AA
Jeffrey Skilling → employer → Enron ⓘ
subject linked to: Skilling
Enron scandal → notableParticipant → Enron ⓘ
subject linked to: Skilling
Jeffrey Skilling → employer → Enron ⓘ
subject linked to: Susan Long (divorced)
Rebecca Carter → employer → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Sherron Watkins → employedBy → Enron ⓘ
subject linked to: Watkins
Andrew Fastow → employer → Enron ⓘ
subject linked to: Fastow
Enron executive team → affiliatedWith → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Enron executive team → parentOrganization → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Lea Fastow → employer → Enron ⓘ
Lea Fastow → employer → Enron Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Enron
Conspiracy of Fools → about → Enron ⓘ
Kurt Eichenwald → hasWrittenAbout → Enron ⓘ
subject linked to: kurteichenwald