Bethany McLean
Journalist and contributing editor
Bethany McLean is an American journalist who writes for Vanity Fair as a contributing editor. Her reporting on the Enron scandal and the 2008 financial crisis is what she is best known for.
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American Born 1970 in Hibbing, United States
About Bethany McLean
Bethany McLean is an American journalist who was born in 1970 and grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota. She studied English and mathematics at Williams College, graduating in 1992, and worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs before joining Fortune. At Fortune she was an editor-at-large and columnist, and she has also contributed to Slate. She has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. In March 2001 she wrote the Fortune article "Is Enron Overpriced?", the earliest piece in a national publication to publicly raise questions about the company's dealings. Her book in the BookBits catalog is The Smartest Guys in the Room.