After auditors uncover their schemes, Lay encourages them to "keep making us millions". One of the traders, Louis Borget, is also discovered to be diverting company money to offshore accounts. Two years after its founding, the company becomes embroiled in scandal after two traders begin betting on the oil markets, resulting in suspiciously consistent profits. The film begins with a profile of Kenneth Lay, who founded Enron in 1985. ( November 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. It was also nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. The film features interviews with McLean and Elkind, as well as former Enron executives and employees, stock analysts, reporters and the former Governor of California Gray Davis. The film examines the 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation, which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company's top executives during the ensuing Enron scandal it also shows the involvement of the Enron traders in the California electricity crisis. McLean and Elkind are credited as writers of the film alongside the director, Alex Gibney. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 American documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, a study of one of the largest business scandals in American history.
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