Fortune writer Bethany McLean, who is credited by many as being of the first journalists to call into question Enron Corp.’s financial statements, will speak at Colorado College on Thursday.
McLean has also written a book about Enron called “The Smartest Guys in the Room” with fellow Fortune writer Peter Elkind.
“Jeff Skilling, Kenneth Lay and the other executives were very intelligent. People in the company thought, we don’t understand what they’re doing, but they are so much smarter than we are; so we don’t have to understand, we just have to trust them,� McLean said. “In the end they didn’t end up being so smart after all.�
Read pre-talk coverage here.
PCWorld executive editor Gordon Mah Ung, a tireless journalist we once described as a founding father…
CNBC senior vice president Dan Colarusso sent out the following on Monday: Before this year comes to…
Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following on Monday: I'm excited to share…
Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…
Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…