# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-lay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:07:28.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-lay"
name: "Kenneth Lay"
slug: "kenneth-lay"
description: "Kenneth Lee Lay was an American businessman and political donor who was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman of Enron. He was heavily involved in Enron's accounting scandal that unraveled in 2001 into the largest bankruptcy ever to that date. Lay was indicted by a grand jury and was found guilty of 10 counts of securities fraud at trial. Lay died in July 2006 while vacationing in his house near Aspen, Colorado, three months before his scheduled sentencing. A preliminary autopsy reported Lay died of a heart attack caused by coronary artery disease. His death resulted in a vacated judgment."
tagline: "Former chairman and CEO of Enron Corporation (1942-2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Lay.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1942-04-15"
deathDate: "2006-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.98
  momentum:             1.919349373093867
  historical:           17.233132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 110
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    title: "Kenneth Lay"
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    title: "Kenneth Lay"
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    title: "Лэй, Кеннет"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump