About Bernard Ebbers

Bernard John Ebberswas a Canadian-American businessman and the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom. Under his management, WorldCom grew rapidly but collapsed in 2002 amid revelations of accounting irregularities, making it at the time one of the largest accounting scandals in the United States.

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Our investments in data, Internet and international have been particularly timely and have positioned the company to post industry-leading incremental revenue gains.

Bernard Ebbers

Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020)

We very much regret that our merger with Sprint was not allowed to proceed.

Bernard Ebbers

Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020)

No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud.

Bernard Ebbers

Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020)

I guess the one question I will not get today is: When are you going to do anything about cellular?

Bernard Ebbers

Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020)

I just want you to know you aren’t going to church with a crook.

Bernard Ebbers

Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020)

We accelerated our capital spending in the fourth quarter, particularly in international and next-generation network deployment, which should not only sustain future revenue growth but also drive significant cost reductions across all communications services.

Bernard Ebbers

Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020)

Our communications services revenue growth is being driven by continued strong top-line performance in data, Internet and international – three of the fastest growing and most profitable areas within communications services.

Bernard Ebbers

Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020)

The strength in our third-quarter financial results is cause for excitement. I’m particularly pleased that we continue to demonstrate impressive growth at the same time we are engaged in important merger discussions.

Bernard Ebbers

Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020)