The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business
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Vault.com, 324
Venezuela, 74–75
Viant, 265
Vickers, 78
Vieh, Walter, 35, 38, 47
Vietnam War, 103
Visa, 293
Vivekenanda, Swami, 225
Volcker, Paul, 231
Volkswagen, 5, 79, 107
von Braun, Peter, 120, 130
Von Moltke, Helmuth, 140
Voyager Fund, 316
Wachovia Corporation, 254–55, 317
Wagner Act (1935), 53
Waite, Don, 223–24, 274
Walker, Peter, 121, 206, 232, 277, 278
Wall Street: bailout of, 285
buying and selling of businesses by, 92
compensation on, 119, 125
and competition for talent, 119
concentration of power in, 125
and concerns about capitalism, 261
McKinsey activities on, 230–33
as McKinsey competitor, 264
rise of, 119
risk management on, 245
shareholders as code for, 125. See also financial services industry; investment banking
Wall Street Journal; McKinsey as consultant for, 281
Wall Street Journal—stories/comments in: Enron, 246
Gupta insider-trading case, 310
Gupta-Rajaratnam connection, 313
McKinsey influence on financial services industry, 287
McKinsey profiles, 156
of Ohmae, 161
of Peters, 151
of Romney, 1
of Sawhill, 156
Walmart, 254, 279, 313, 322
Walton, Lee, 71, 95, 101, 102, 104–5, 106, 108, 117, 121, 122, 126, 134, 138
The War for Talent (Michaels, Handfield-Jones, and Axelrod), 247–48, 263
Warner Amex Cable Communications, 187–88
Warner, Sandy, 253
Warren, Michael, 284
Washington, D.C.: McKinsey offices/activities in, 67–69, 70, 282–86
Washington Mutual, 287
Waterman, Bob, 146, 147–55, 180, 308
Weber, Max, 17
Weill, Sandy, 230
Welch, Jack, 115, 152
Wellington & Company, 50
Wellington, C. Oliver, 31, 32, 37, 38
Wells Fargo, 108, 166, 255
Westchester Country Club: McKinsey strategy experts meeting (1977) at, 139–40
Westinghouse Electric, 17, 18, 114, 303
Westlaw, 323
Wharton School of Finance and Economy (University of Pennsylvania), 20, 215
White House: reorganization of staff at, 67
Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance (Gerstner), 82, 304
Whyte, William, 64
Wiesel, Elie, 314
The Will to Lead (Bower), 44
Willner, Barry, 68, 70
WilmerHale and Cravath, 310
Wilson and Company, 18
Wilson, Greg, 287
Wirstschaftswoche magazine: Henzler story in, 158
Woetzel, Jonathan, 228
Wolf, Michael, 210
women: at McKinsey, 106, 169–70, 207. See also specific person
Wooldridge, Adrian, 112
World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland), 311, 324
World War II, 52, 55, 62, 95
The World’s Newest Profession (McKenna), 260
Wright, Bob, 189–90
Wriston, Walter, 91
Wuffli, Peter, 232, 253
Yokoyama, Isamu, 164
Young, John, 148
Young, Lew, 148
youth: as prized over experience, 4, 7, 80–82, 229
Zelazny, Gene, 123
Zumwinkel, Klaus, 296
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McDonald, Duff.
The firm : the story of McKinsey and its secret influence on American business /
Duff McDonald.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. McKinsey and Company. 2. Business consultants. I. Title.
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