Peter Elkind Biography

Writer Peter Elkind is an editor at large at Fortune magazine. Specializing in investigative stories, his works including in-depth pieces about Halliburton Corp., NYSE chief Dick Grasso's $140 million pay package, a "blood feud" between Volkswagen and General Motors, New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer, and Viktor Kozeny, known as "The Pirate of Prague" ("The Incredible Half-Billion-Dollar Azerbaijani Oil Swindle").

Peter Elkind is also author of The Death Shift, a true-crime book about Texas nurse Genene Jones, convicted of killing children under her care. Elkind is co-author, with Bethany McLean, of The Smartest Guys in the Room, a best-selling book about Enron. The 2005 documentary based on their book was nominated for an Academy Award.

Elkind has worked at Texas Monthly magazine, edited an award-winning Dallas weekly, and written for The New York Times Magazine and the Washington Post, among other publications. In addition, he has been a guest on numerous radio and television programs, including Nightline, CNN Newsnight, and The Charlie Rose Show.

Peter Elkind graduated from Princeton University in 1980. He lives in Texas.

Peter Elkind Topics

• Enron
  
• Corporate Fraud
  
• Plaintiffs, Lawyers and Class-Action Litigation
  
• CEO Pay
  
• The Importance of Corporate Culture