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
I never did that. I don't think I did anything remotely like that.
I'll always regret that I left when I left.
In the fall of the year 2000, there just happened to be a decision point when they asked me to become Chief Executive Officer of the company. It was a time when, as you remember, we were starting to have some real problems in the California energy markets.
In some ways, my life is on the line. I'm absolutely innocent of these charges.
I didn't hear about it, the note, until it was published in the newspapers that following January.
I thought the stock was a great buy. I think anybody that bought the stock in 1999 was - saw over the next couple of years a strong growth. During the year of 1999, I significantly increased my ownership of shares in the company.
I sold some shares, but on a net basis, significantly increased my ownership.
You can never say everything you want to say. I feel I had a fair opportunity to explain a lot of the questions.
I think we had made some tremendous progress in the six months before I left.
In the business world, allegations of accounting irregularities is tantamount to yelling fire in a crowded theater, except, today, in our Internet world, instead of people running for the exit signs, they just push the button on their computer.
Mike, we are a green energy company, but the green stands for money.
The indictment, in a lot of ways, that was the turning point.
I can understand what they need to do. Their families are at risk. Their lives are at risk. I can understand where they're coming from.
I am absolutely positive. There is no truth to that allegation.