Duff McDonald

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

Early life and education McDonald was born in Toronto. He attended University of Pennsylvania from 1988 to 1992 and majored in Finance.

Career His first job after university was at Goldman Sachs. 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.

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

Awards 2004: Canadian National Magazine Awards for Conrad's Fall Best Business Story (gold) Best Investigative Reporting (silver)

Works

(co-written with Owen Burke)

The Golden Passport: Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite. Harper Business. 2017.