This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

This goo was worth a point in September 2026.

publication date: Monday, September 7, 2026 (part of September 2026)

category: Crime

clue: This notorious CEO served twelve years in prison for conspiring to commit fraud. Said to have adored Richard Dawkins's book The Selfish Gene, perhaps he should have been more like his brother and gone into weather forecasting.

explanation: Skilling was a longtime executive at Enron who served as CEO for much of 2001, when the company's fraudulent bookkeeping and its executives' insider trading came to light. He is the younger brother of longtime TV meteorologist Tom Skilling. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky


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