Jeffrey Skilling

Jeffrey Skilling
Police photograph of Skilling (2004)
Born	Jeffrey Keith Skilling (1953-11-25) November 25, 1953 (age 63) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	Southern Methodist University, (BA) Harvard Business School, (MBA)
Occupation	Former CEO of Enron
Criminal charge	Conspiracy, securities fraud, false statement, insider trading
Criminal penalty	168 months (originally 292 months) and fined $45 million; sentence reduced as a result of Skilling v. United States
Criminal status	Incarcerated at FPC Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama, projected release date February 21, 2019
Spouse(s)	Rebecca Carter
Children	3 (1 deceased)

Southern Methodist University, (BA)

Jeffrey Keith "Jeff" Skilling (born November 25, 1953) is the former CEO of the Enron Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas. In 2006, he was convicted of federal felony charges relating to Enron's financial collapse and is currently serving 14 years of a 24-year, four-month prison sentence at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) – Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama. The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in the appeal of the case March 1, 2010. On June 24, 2010, the Supreme Court vacated part of Skilling's conviction and transferred the case back to the lower court for resentencing. During April 2011, a three-judge 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that the verdict would have been the same despite the legal issues being discussed, and Skilling's conviction was confirmed; however, the court ruled Skilling should be resentenced. Skilling appealed this new decision to the Supreme Court, but the appeal was denied. In 2013, the United States Department of Justice reached a deal with Skilling, which resulted in ten years being cut from his sentence.

Skilling was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was the second of four children of Betty (Clarke) and Thomas Ethelbert Skilling, Jr. His father was a sales manager for an Illinois valve company. He grew up in New Jersey and Aurora, Illinois. When he was 16 years old, he worked at WLXT (channel 60), a UHF television station in Aurora.