Enron Corporation (former
New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol
ENE) was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in
Houston,
Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 20,000 staff and was one of the world's major
electricity,
natural gas, communications, and
pulp and paper companies, with claimed revenues of nearly $111 billion during 2000.
Fortune named Enron "America's Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years.