- Bethany McLean
Bethany McLean (born December 12, 1970) is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair magazine known for her work on the Enron scandal. She had been an editor at large and columnist for Fortune magazine.
McLean is best known as the co-
author , with Fortune colleague Peter Elkind, of "" (ISBN 1591840082), exposing the corrupt business practices ofEnron officials. The book was the result of her reporting on Enron for the magazine and she is widely acknowledged as being the first journalist to question Enron's inflated stock price with her article in the March 5, 2001 issue of Fortune magazine entitled, "Is Enron Overpriced?" [ [http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/13/news/companies/enronoriginal_fortune/index.htm FORTUNE archive: Is Enron Overpriced? - Jan. 19, 2006 ] ] . The book was later made into an Academy Award nominated documentary. Her column, The Bulldog, appeared regularly in Fortune Magazine. She joined Vanity Fair in 2008.McLean grew up in
Hibbing, Minnesota and received her BA in English and mathematics atWilliams College in 1992. After college and prior to joining "Fortune" she worked as an investment analyst onWall Street forGoldman Sachs .McLean has also made appearances on the
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer , acting as an observer of the trials ofKen Lay andJeffrey Skilling .Personal
McLean married
Sean Berkowitz , a partner withLatham & Watkins , in May 2008.Berkowitz is the former Director of theEnron Task Force ; they met through their mutual connection to that case.References
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