Bernard Ebbers

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businessperson chief executive officer fraud convict human

Bernard Ebbers was a Canadian-born businessman best known as the co-founder and former CEO of WorldCom, central to one of the largest accounting scandals in U.S. corporate history.

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Label Occurrences
Bernard Ebbers canonical 5
Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud and conspiracy 1
Bernard Ebbers – Chief Executive Officer 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
chief executive officer ⓘ
fraud convict ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith corporate accounting fraud in early 2000s ⓘ
birthDate 1941-08-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Edmonton ⓘ
surface form: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
businessRole telecom magnate ⓘ
businessStrategy growth through aggressive acquisitions ⓘ
causeOfDeath health complications following release from prison ⓘ
coFounded WorldCom, Inc. ⓘ
surface form: WorldCom
convictedOf conspiracy ⓘ
filing false documents with regulators ⓘ
securities fraud ⓘ
convictionCountry United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2020-02-02 ⓘ
educatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
education Mississippi College ⓘ
employer WorldCom, Inc. ⓘ
surface form: WorldCom
era late 20th century and early 21st century corporate America ⓘ
familyName Ebbers ⓘ
fullName Bernard Ebbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bernard John Ebbers
gender male ⓘ
givenName Bernard ⓘ
industry telecommunications ⓘ
knownAs Bernard Ebbers ⓘ
surface form: Bernie Ebbers
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalStatus federal prisoner (former) ⓘ
nationality Canadian-American ⓘ
notableCase United States v. Bernard J. Ebbers ⓘ
notableFor WorldCom accounting scandal ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
oversawEvent WorldCom’s bankruptcy following accounting scandal ⓘ
WorldCom’s rise to become one of the largest long-distance carriers in the U.S. ⓘ
positionHeld chief executive officer of WorldCom ⓘ
releaseDate 2019-12 ⓘ
releaseStatus released early on compassionate grounds ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi, United States
sentence 25 years in federal prison ⓘ
sentencingDate 2005-07-13 ⓘ
trialCourt United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ
surface form: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
trialVerdict guilty ⓘ

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

MCI Inc. → keyPerson → Bernard Ebbers ⓘ
WorldCom accounting scandal → keyExecutive → Bernard Ebbers ⓘ
WorldCom, Inc. → foundedBy → Bernard Ebbers ⓘ
WorldCom, Inc. → keyPerson → Bernard Ebbers ⓘ
WorldCom, Inc. → positionHeld → Bernard Ebbers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernard Ebbers – Chief Executive Officer
WorldCom, Inc. → legalOutcomeForExecutive → Bernard Ebbers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud and conspiracy
Bernard Ebbers → fullName → Bernard Ebbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernard John Ebbers
Bernard Ebbers → knownAs → Bernard Ebbers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernie Ebbers
WCOM → associatedWith → Bernard Ebbers ⓘ
subject surface form: WorldCom