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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Label Occurrences
Enron canonical 8
Enron Corporation 4
Enron traders 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company
energy company
public company
assetsAtBankruptcy over 60 billion US dollars
bankruptcyCourt United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 2007
foundedBy Houston Natural Gas
InterNorth
Kenneth Lay
headquartersLocation Houston
surface form: Houston, Texas
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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Enron accounting scandal involves Enron
this entity surface form: Enron Corporation
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room subject Enron
this entity surface form: Enron Corporation
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room portrays Enron
this entity surface form: Enron traders
Arthur Andersen audited Enron
Kenneth Lay employer Enron
this entity surface form: Enron Corporation
Kenneth Lay boardMemberOf Enron
this entity surface form: Enron Corporation
Jeffrey Skilling employer Enron
Sherron Watkins employer Enron
Andrew Fastow employer Enron