To former Enron ceo Jeffrey K. Skilling, there were two kinds of people in the world: those who got it and those who didn't. "It" was Enron's complex strategy for minting rich profits and returns from a trading and risk-management business built essentially on assets owned by others. Vertically integrated behemoths like ExxonMobil Corp., whose balance sheet was rich with oil reserves, gas stations, and other assets, were dinosaurs to a contemptuous Skilling. "In the old days, people worked for the assets," Skilling mused in an interview last January. "We've turned it around—what we've said is the assets work for the people."
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机译：对于前安然公司首席执行官杰弗里·斯基林（Jeffrey K. Skilling），世界上有两种人：有的人和没有的人。 “它”是安然（Enron）的一项复杂策略，用于从基本上建立在他人资产上的交易和风险管理业务中获得丰厚的利润和回报。像埃克森美孚公司（ExxonMobil Corp.）这样的垂直整合的庞然大物，是轻蔑的斯基林的恐龙，其资产负债表上拥有丰富的石油储备，加油站和其他资产。 “过去，人们为资产工作”，斯基林在去年一月的一次采访中沉思。 “我们已经扭转了局面-我们所说的是资产为人民服务。”
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