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Duff McDonald

Disciplines:
journalism
author
business biography
financial journalism/financial writing

Summary

American journalist and author specializing in business biography, best known for his books on Jamie Dimon and McKinsey & Company.

Core Contribution

Produced deeply researched executive biographies that combine access journalism with institutional critique, making the internal logic of large financial and consulting organizations legible.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • Institutional Critique via Biography (uses the life of a single executive as the lens through which to interrogate the health and culture of the institution — never treating the person and the organization as separable)

Notable Works & Achievements

Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase

The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business

Historical Influences

Ron Chernow Michael Lewis

Intellectual Lineage

American Business Biography Tradition Access Journalism Institutional Critique Writing

Contemporaries & Peers

Andrew Ross Sorkin Roger Lowenstein William Cohan Bethany McLean

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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