Who is behind Enron?
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners.
Not who made decisions, or why.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
- Board Herbert Winokur 1985 – 6 Jun 2002
- Board Robert Jaedicke (chairman of the audit and compliance committee) 1985–2001
On the record
Sourced links that no one presents as their own account, as recorded so far. Others may exist.
Founded by
- Kenneth Lay founded Scholarship & press 1
Led by
- Jeffrey Skilling CEO of until 14 Aug 2001 Primary record 2
Board
- Herbert Winokur board member of 1985 – 6 Jun 2002 Primary record 3
- Robert Jaedicke board member of 1985–2001 chairman of the audit and compliance committee Primary record 3
- William Powers Jr. board member of Primary record 4
Proof 4 sources
-
Judge Vacates Kenneth Lay Conviction, CBS News (Associated Press), 17 Oct 2006.
Scholarship & press
A federal judge Tuesday vacated the conviction of Enron’s late founder Kenneth Lay, wiping out a jury’s verdict that he committed fraud and conspiracy in one of the biggest corporate frauds in U.S. history.
-
The Financial Collapse of Enron, Part 2 (hearing of 7 February 2002, Serial No. 107-88), U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 7 Feb 2002.
Primary record
I worked for Enron for over 10 years, leaving in August of 2001 after being CEO for six months.
-
The Role of the Board of Directors in Enron’s Collapse (S. Prt. 107-70), U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 8 Jul 2002.
Primary record
Herbert S. Winokur, Jr. (1985–2002), current Board member, former Chairman of the Finance Committee, and former member of the Powers Special Committee
Dr. Robert K. Jaedicke (1985–2001), former Chairman of the Enron Audit and Compliance Committee
-
Report of Investigation by the Special Investigative Committee of the Board of Directors of Enron Corp., Enron Corp., Special Investigative Committee, 1 Feb 2002.
Primary record
Archived copy
Member of the Enron Board of Directors and Chairman of the Special
How this answer is built
Lines on the record come first: sourced links that no one presents as their own account, each with its strongest source. Then every account recorded here gets its own column, A to Z, none ranked above another. A column quotes only that account's own words and shows the strength of its own sources. Disputed lines are listed apart, with the reason, and lines still being verified come last. Neither is counted. Withdrawn lines are never shown.
When a list is longer than the page shows, the links the public methodology ranks strongest stay (methodology 0.3), and the rest open in the explorer.
Know a source we are missing? Propose it with a pull request to content/entities/org/en/enron.md.