The Smartest Guys in the Room (book) explained

The Smartest Guys in the Room
Title Orig:The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
Author:Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind
Country:United States
Language:English
Subject:Corporate Law, Ethics, fall of Enron
Genre:Non-Fiction
Publisher:Portfolio Trade
Pub Date:October 13, 2003
Media Type:Hardcover
Pages:464
Isbn:978-1-59184-053-4

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron is a book by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, first published in 2003 by Portfolio Trade. In 2005, it was adapted into a documentary film, .

McLean and Elkind worked on the book when they both were Fortune senior writers. McLean had written a March 5, 2001 article for Fortune called, "Is Enron overpriced?"[1]

The book is not only about the Enron scandal, but also describes the authors' effort in following the developing story as it happened. It is based on hundreds of interviews and details from personal calendars, performance reviews, e-mails, and other documents. BusinessWeek called it, "The best book about the Enron debacle to date."[2]

It hit the New York Times bestseller list[3] and was named one of strategy+business magazine's best business books of 2003.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fortune archive: Is Enron Overpriced? – Jan. 19, 2006. money.cnn.com. 12 December 2017.
  2. News: Enron Under Two Microscopes. Bloomberg.com . 27 October 2003. 12 December 2017. www.bloomberg.com.
  3. News: Best Sellers: November 16, 2003. The New York Times . 16 November 2003. 12 December 2017. NYTimes.com.
  4. Web site: The Best Business Books of 2003. npr.org. 12 December 2017.