Sherron Watkins, Date of Birth
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whistleblower who helped uncover the Enron scandal
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About Sherron Watkins
- Sherron Watkins (born August 28, 1959) is an American former Vice President of Corporate Development at the Enron Corporation.
- Watkins was called to testify before committees of the U.S.
- House of Representatives and Senate at the beginning of 2002, primarily about her warnings to Enron's then-CEO Kenneth Lay about accounting irregularities in the financial statements.In August 2001, Watkins alerted then-Enron CEO Kenneth Lay of accounting irregularities in financial reports.
- However, Watkins has been criticized for not reporting the fraud to government authorities and not speaking up publicly sooner about her concerns, as her memo did not reach the public until five months after it was written.
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- Watkins was represented by Houston attorney Philip H.
- Hilder. Watkins was selected as one of three "Persons of the Year 2002" by Time.
- (The two other whistleblowers who joined her as "People of the Year" were Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom and Coleen Rowley of the FBI.)
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