The Smartest Guys in the Room (book)
| Author | Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Corporate Law, Ethics, fall of Enron |
| Genre | Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | Portfolio Trade |
Publication 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, 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 based on hundreds of interviews and details from personal calendars, performance reviews, e-mails, and other documents. It was called “The best book about the Enron debacle to date” by BusinessWeek.[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]