Enron
Energy company
Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985 as a merger between Lay's Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both relatively small regional companies. Wikipedia
Founders: Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay
Ceased operations: 2007
Founded: July 1985, Omaha, NE
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Number of employees: 20,600 (2000)
Divisions: Enron Energy Services (EES); Enron Xcelerator
Fate: Chapter 11 bankruptcy (as an effect of accounting fraud)
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