In addition to being the largest bankruptcy eorganization in American history at that time, Enron was cited as the biggest audit failure.Įnron was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay after merging Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth. The Enron scandal, publicized in October 2001, led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation, an American energy company based in Houston, Texas, and the de facto dissolution of Arthur Andersen, which was one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in the world. The film features interviews with McLean and Elkind, as well as former Enron executives and employees, stock analysts, reporters and the former Governor of California Gray Davis.
The film examines the 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation, which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company’s top executives during the ensuing Enron scandal it also shows theinvolvement of the Enron traders in the California electricity crisis. McLean and Elkind are credited as writers of the film alongside the director, Alex Gibney. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)Įnron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 American documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, a study of one of the largest business scandals in American history.
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