J. Clifford Baxter
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J. Clifford Baxter (September 27, 1958 - January 25, 2002) was a former Enron Corporation executive who resigned in May 2001. He sold a large quantity of Enron stock during months prior to Enron bankruptcy. Reportedly, Baxter clashed with CEO Jeffrey Skilling over questionable Enron business practices. After the collapse of Enron, he was sought by authorities to testify against fellow Enron executives.
Baxter was born in Amityville, New York, and graduated from New York University to join the military, where he became an U.S. Air Force captain from 1980 to 1985. After he left the military, he enrolled at Columbia University, where he received an MBA degree two years later.
On January 25, 2002, Baxter was found dead in his vehicle. Though the official ruling on the cause of death was suicide, some persons dispute this claim.
External link
- BBC Profile of J. Clifford Baxter (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1784945.stm)
- website (http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/baxterautopsy.html) advocating alternative theories of Baxter's death
- Baxter's purported suicide note (http://www.chron.com/content/news/photos/02/04/11/letter/popup2.htm) from the Houston Chronicle