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Fortune Archives: Those daring young con men of equity funding

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November 30, 2025
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AI

Forget the golden age of fraud, the billionaire investor who shorted Enron warns we might be in the ‘diamond or platinum level’ amid the AI boom

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August 29, 2025
Elon musk holds his hands out while speaking
Leadership

The rise of cursing CEOs and what it means for business

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March 7, 2025
Influencers behind viral ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ phenomenon resurrect the defunct Enron brand and are using it to sell T-shirts
Lifestyle

Influencers behind viral ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ phenomenon resurrect the defunct Enron brand and are using it to sell T-shirts

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December 4, 2024
Jim Chanos
Finance

Legendary shortseller Jim Chanos allegedly used firm as a ‘piggy bank,’ raking in millions for himself and his girlfriend, partner claims

By Greg Farrell, Katherine Burton and Bloomberg
May 28, 2024
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Finance

Asana CEO calls Tesla the next Enron and says Elon Musk has misled customers

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April 29, 2024
PCAOB Chair Erica Williams.
Finance

The accounting crisis everybody seems to ignore, and the regulator fighting to fix it

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March 9, 2024
Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon
The Ledger

Who is Do Kwon, the ‘lunatic’ who created a $60 billion cryptocurrency that collapsed in days?

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May 18, 2022
Court Hearing Held For Theranos Founder And Former President On Fraud Charges
Finance

How Whistleblowers Have Taken Down the Titans of American Business

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September 27, 2019
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Finance

The Best Business Documentaries to Watch This Weekend

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May 24, 2019
Jeffrey Skilling Sentenced In Enron Trial

Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling Released From Prison

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August 31, 2018
ENRON BANKRUPTCY
Leadership

Researchers Find Companies Issue More Stock Options When They’re Committing Fraud

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January 26, 2017
John Duncan (L), Dr. Herbert Winokur, Jr. (2nd L),
Finance

This Infamous Ex-CFO Compared Apple to Enron

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April 9, 2016
Martin Shkreli, CEO Reviled for Drug Price Gouging, Arrested on Securities Fraud Charges
Finance

Martin Shkreli’s Fraud Charges Are Dwarfed By Others

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December 17, 2015
ENRON BANKRUPTCY
Finance

Valeant: Why Enron-era accounting never really died with Enron

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November 2, 2015

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