The Smartest Guys in the Room (book)

The Smartest Guys in the Room

Author	Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind
Original title	The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
Language	English
Subject	Corporate Law, Ethics, fall of Enron
Genre	Non-Fiction
Publisher	Portfolio Trade
Publication date	October 13, 2003
Publication place	United States
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, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.

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]

References

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

External links

• Interview with McLean about The Smartest Guys in the Room, June 19, 2005 on C-SPAN talk show Q&A