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Bethany McLean is an investigative journalist, author, and contributing editor at Vanity Fair. She is best known for her groundbreaking 2001 Fortune article “Is Enron Overpriced?” one of the first pieces to question the energy giant’s practices before its spectacular 2001 collapse. With Peter Elkind, she co-authored the bestselling book “The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron” (2003), which inspired an Academy Award-nominated documentary. She also co-wrote “All the Devils Are Here” (2010) on the 2008 financial crisis and “The Big Fail” (2023) on the COVID-19 pandemic response. A Williams College graduate, McLean previously served as editor-at-large at Fortune. She writes on business, corporate governance, finance, and economic issues, contributing to Yahoo Finance and CNBC. Her sharp, accessible reporting has made her a leading voice on Wall Street excesses and systemic failures.