Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was led by Kenneth Lay and developed in 1985 via a merger between Houston Natural Gas …

Mar 28, 2026 · The Enron scandal was a series of events that resulted in the bankruptcy of the U.S. energy, commodities, and services company Enron Corporation in 2001 and the dissolution of Arthur …

Dec 3, 2025 · What Was Enron? Enron was an energy-trading and utility company based in Houston, Texas, that perpetrated one of the biggest accounting frauds in history.

The collapse of the energy company Enron in December 2001 precipitated what would become the most complex white-collar crime investigation in the FBI’s history.

In early December 2001, innovative energy company Enron Corporation, a darling of Wall Street investors with $63.4 billion in assets, went bust. It was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Mar 22, 2024 · Enron was an American commodities, energy, and services company founded in 1985 by Kenneth Lay. The company’s aggressive growth strategy and culture of greed and competition led to …

Apr 5, 2021 · Enron was formed as a natural gas pipeline company and ultimately transformed itself, through diversification, into a trading enterprise engaged in various forms of highly complex …

Read CNN’s Enron Fast Facts and learn more about the Houston-based energy company that collapsed amid allegations of corporate fraud and corruption.

Due to public interest in this case, the Department of Justice is releasing the government exhibits in the format admitted in the court. The Department recognizes that these documents are in some cases …

Feb 17, 2016 · What caused the decline of Enron? Here's a quick look (with Enron's stock chart!) of the company's downfall in 2001 from our history archive.