Duff McDonald

Duff McDonald
Born
Toronto
OccupationBusiness journalist and writer
NationalityCanadian American
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania (BS in Finance)
GenreNon-fiction
Years active1995–present
Notable worksThe Firm
Last Man Standing
The Golden Passport
SpouseCaroline McDonald (divorced)
Website
www.duffmcdonald.com

Duff McDonald is a Canadian American business journalist and writer based in New York.

Early life and education

McDonald was born in Toronto.[1] He attended University of Pennsylvania from 1988 to 1992 and majored in Finance.[citation needed]

Career

His first job after university was at Goldman Sachs.[1] By 2009, he published Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase which was a biography on Jamie Dimon.[2] Later, he authored “The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business” which took a critical eye to the role and reputation of McKinsey & Co.[3]

In 2017, he published The Golden Passport which heavily criticized the Harvard Business School.[4]

Awards

McDonald with his book The Golden Passport

Works

  • Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase. New York City: Simon & Schuster. 2009. ISBN 978-1439109717.
  • The CEO: An Interactive Book. New York City: Gallery Books. 2010. ISBN 978-1416900443. (co-written with Owen Burke)
  • The Firm: The Inside Story of McKinsey, The World's Most Controversial Management Consultancy. New York City: Simon & Schuster. 2013. ISBN 978-1780743929.
  • The Golden Passport: Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite. Harper Business. 2017.

References

  1. ^ a b "Capitalisn't: The moral case against the MBA". chicagobooth.edu. February 15, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Barrett, Paul (October 29, 2009). "Book Review 'Last Man Standing". The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Behind the singular mystique of McKinsey & Co". cnbc.com. September 25, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Andrew Ross Sorkin (April 10, 2017). "Book Pins Corporate Greed on a Lust Bred at Harvard". The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Duff McDonald biography". freshfiction.com. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
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