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The Day I Flew The Enron Corporate Jet to Meet Jeff Skilling

Actually I didn’t.  But Ken Norton did, and he provides a fascinating account of the “due diligence” trip to Enron’s facilities. 

In his own words: “I was a 28 year-old kid from Buffalo, New York.  I’d never been on a private jet.  I couldn’t contain my excitement.” As CTO of NBCi he met Jeff Skilling and other Exec’s who put up a dazzling dog-and-pony show to impress their visitors with just how powerful their broadband brokerage business was.

There was only one problem with the business: it didn’t exist. Yet it was fluffy enough to double Enron’s market valuation in six weeks.

A fascinating piece to read the day after Jeff Skilling’s Day at Court.  (Ken, you owe me half an hour of my life spent on unplanned reading )

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