Friday, December 3, 2021

20th anniversary of the Enron collapse

https://www.khou.com/article/money/business/enron-whistleblower-20th-anniversary/285-f0c3ad1a-3c31-4511-bfc6-5372b1196f24 

Enron's collapse in 2001 made international news for being the biggest bankruptcy EVER.  The Houston-based energy company's failure, due in large part to fraud, cost thousands of jobs and billions in loses.  We did a number of stories regarding the 20th anniversary of Enron's demise.  I reached out to a former company VP credited with being the "whistleblower" in the case.  Sherron Watkins now teaches business ethics at Texas State University.  I fronted this piece outside the former Enron headquarters in downtown Houston.. Now home to Chevron.

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