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Type: Criminal Quotes Category: American Criminal Quotes Date of Birth: November 25, 1953 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Jeffrey Skilling Related Authors: Aldrich Ames Charles Manson Susan Smith Lynette Fromme Al Capone Mark David Chapman Jesse James |
Are the things that now, in retrospect, with what I've seen happen to my company, would I have done some things differently? I think - I think we all would do - we would do a number of things differently.
Jeffrey Skilling I sold some shares, but on a net basis, significantly increased my ownership. Jeffrey Skilling I think we had made some tremendous progress in the six months before I left. Jeffrey Skilling 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 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. Jeffrey Skilling 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 It was a very difficult 10 years of very hard work. Jeffrey Skilling Larry, I spent probably most of my professional life helping to build Enron Corporation. I don't think there was anyone that was as shocked by the - by the collapse of the company as I was. Jeffrey Skilling The indictment, in a lot of ways, that was the turning point. Jeffrey Skilling Was I believer in Enron Corporation? Yes, sir, I was. Jeffrey Skilling We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll. Jeffrey Skilling 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 Well, as we built the business in the 1990's, as I said, I enjoyed that. Jeffrey Skilling |
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