Like its subject, The Smartest Guys in the Room is ambitious,
grand in scope, and ruthless in its dealings. Unlike Enron, the
Texas-based energy giant that has come to represent the
post-millennium collapse of 1990s go-go corporate culture, it''s
also ultimately successful. Penned by Fortune scribes Bethany
McLean and Peter Elkind, the 400-page-plus chronicle of the scandal
digs deep inside the numbers while, wisely, maintaining focus on
the "smart guys" deep-frying the books. The likes o
內容簡介:
Just as Watergate was the defining political story of its time,
so Enron is the biggest business story of our time. And just as
All the President’s Men was the one Watergate book that gave
readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance, The
Smartest Guys in the Room is the one book you have to read to
understand this amazing business saga.
關於作者:
Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind are Fortune senior
writers. McLean is a former investment banking analyst for Goldman
Sachs. Her March 2001 article in Fortune, "Is Enron
Overpriced?," was the first in a national publication to openly
question the company’s dealings. Elkind, an award-winning
investigative reporter, is the author of The Death
Shift.