Join David and Ben as they talk about Kenneth Lay’s journey to becoming a big name in the natural gas industry. They’ll also discuss the first time he met Jeffrey Skilling, who later became his partner in the Enron scandal – one of the biggest betrayals in business history.
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Timestamps
0:00 – Kenneth Lay’s bio, education
1:11 – Start of Lay’s work career
4:21 – Transco faces problems, Lay solves it
6:10 – Securitization
8:48 – Lay is recruited by Inter North
10:10 – Inter North merges with HNG
13:00 – Mckinsey and company, Jeffrey Skilling comes into the story
16:55 – Lay becomes #1 CEO
18:05 – Skilling and Lay meet for the 1st time
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