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Kenneth Lee Lay (April 15, 1942 – July 5, 2006) was an American businessman who was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman of Enron. He was heavily involved in Enron's accounting scandal that unraveled in 2001 into the largest bankruptcy ever to that date.
Enron was founded in 1985 by Kenneth Lay in the merger of two natural-gas-transmission companies, Houston Natural Gas Corporation and InterNorth, Inc.; the merged company, HNG InterNorth, was renamed Enron in 1986.
Jul 6, 2006 · Kenneth L. Lay, the son of a Baptist preacher in rural Missouri who rose to the pinnacle of corporate America as head of Enron before becoming a symbol of corporate excess, died yesterday in Aspen ...
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Jul 5, 2006 · Kenneth Lay, the founder of Enron Corp., died of coronary artery disease in 2006 while vacationing in Colorado. He was convicted of fraud and conspiracy charges related to the collapse of the energy giant, but insisted he was innocent.
Feb 22, 2019 · Along with Kenneth L. Lay, Enron’s founder and chairman, Mr. Skilling was convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges in 2006 after a 56-day trial.
Jul 5, 2006 · Kenneth L. Lay, the former chairman and chief executive of Enron who was convicted of fraud and conspiracy in the giant energy company's collapse, died today at his home in Aspen, Colo. He...
Jul 5, 2006 · Ken Lay, the founder of Enron Corp. who faced life in prison for his role in the Texas energy giant's collapse, is dead at 64 of a heart attack. We offer a chronology of Lay and his company,...
