NAME: Stephen F. Cooper
AGE: 59. Born Oct. 23, 1946, in Gary, Ind.
HOME: New York City.
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts, Occidental College. Masters of Business Administration, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
TITLE: Chairman of Kroll Zolfo Cooper, which is part of the Kroll risk consulting division of New York-based Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.
EXPERIENCE: Has nearly 30 years of experience in restructuring and rehabilitating troubled businesses, including companies like Polaroid Corp., Trans World Airlines Inc., Boston Chicken Inc. and Pegasus Gold Corp. Worked for Touche-Ross in New York from 1970 to 1986. Cooper became Frank Zolfo's partner in April 1986, when they formed Zolfo Cooper. Kroll purchased the firm in September 2002.
AT ENRON: Since January 2002, Cooper has served as the interim chief executive at Enron Corp. In November, Cooper asked a federal bankruptcy judge to approve a $25 million "success fee" for his work guiding the collapsed energy company through bankruptcy without selling off assets at greatly reduced prices. He and his firm had already received $107 million in professional fees.
AT KRISPY KREME: Cooper took over as chief executive of Krispy Kreme in January 2005. Instead of a success fee at Krispy Kreme, Kroll Zolfo Cooper agreed to take a warrant for 1.2 million shares at $7.75 apiece. Shares of the doughnut maker are trading around $5.50 a share.
QUOTE: "This is only the second or third time in our corporate history when I have taken out an equity warrant as a success fee. It gives you a sense of where I'm at with this company."