Environmental Law & Policy:Lay, Kenneth Lee
Published: August 21, 2008, 4:09 pm
Updated: December 20, 2010, 10:31 am
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Kenneth Lee Lay (1942-2006), an American businessman and former CEO of Enron Corporation, a powerful energy trading and communications firm that suffered America's most notorious corporate collapse. Lay was the CEO and Chairman of Enron from 1986 until his resignation in January 23, 2002, with the exception of a few months in 2001 when he acted as Chairman and Jeffrey Skilling was CEO. Lay sold large amounts of his Enron stock in September and October of 2001 as its price fell, while encouraging employees to buy more stock, telling them the company would rebound. Lay liquidated more than US$300 million in Enron stock from 1989 to 2001, mostly in stock options. Lay was arrested in July 2004 for his role in Enron's collapse, charged with 11 counts of securities fraud, wire fraud, and making false and misleading statements.
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Lay, Kenneth Lee". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 21, 2008; Last revised Date December 20, 2010; Retrieved May 24, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Lay,_Kenneth_Lee?topic=49477>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Kenneth Lee Lay (1942-2006), an American businessman and former CEO of Enron Corporation, a powerful energy trading and communications firm that suffered America's most notorious corporate collapse. Lay was the CEO and Chairman of Enron from 1986 until his resignation in January 23, 2002, with the exception of a few months in 2001 when he acted as Chairman and Jeffrey Skilling was CEO. Lay sold large amounts of his Enron stock in September and October of 2001 as its price fell, while encouraging employees to buy more stock, telling them the company would rebound. Lay liquidated more than US$300 million in Enron stock from 1989 to 2001, mostly in stock options. Lay was arrested in July 2004 for his role in Enron's collapse, charged with 11 counts of securities fraud, wire fraud, and making false and misleading statements.
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