6 Jeffrey Skilling Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jeffrey Skilling

American Criminal

Born: Nov 25, 1953

Business Corporation Enron Ownership Think Thought

The indictment, in a lot of ways, that was the turning point. Jeffrey Skilling

Ways Indictment Point Lot Turning Turning Point

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. Jeffrey Skilling

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We were building a - what I thought was a fantastic company. We had great people. We were changing - we were changing the way the marketplace operated. We were creating a market for natural gas and electricity that had never existed before. Jeffrey Skilling

Well, actually, I had been working as a consultant to former companies of Enron, or predecessor companies of Enron and, so, I joined in 1990 to really start our wholesale merchant business. Jeffrey Skilling

Business Our Enron Joined Consultant Merchant Had Well Been Predecessor Former Really Working Companies Wholesale Actually Start

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. Jeffrey Skilling

I sold some shares, but on a net basis, significantly increased my ownership. Jeffrey Skilling

Ownership Increased Sold Some Net Shares Basis