The Ledger

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Assertion Supported

In 1980, McKinsey Forecasted Only 900,000 US Cellular Subscribers by 2000

“AT&T, who has been the incumbent for a hundred years on all things telecommunications, commissioned McKinsey and company to predict cell phone. David Rosenthal: It all goes back to McKinsey always. Ben Gilbert: Always. Ben Gilbert: To predict the cell phone us…”

Ben Gilbert Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 1:10:57 Qualcomm · Acquired

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Gerstner: HBS students shunned McKinsey and Goldman interviews in 1999

“And, you know, McKinsey and Goldman couldn't get anybody to show up at their interviews at HBS in 1999.”

Brad Gerstner Mar 15, 2022 ▶ 21:09 Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner) · Acquired

Assertion Supported

Rosenthal: Skilling negotiated Enron offer while wife was in labor

“He calls them up to do the final negotiations of the terms of his offer. He calls them up from the hospital where he is with his wife while his wife is in labor with their, I think, second child.”

David Rosenthal Nov 29, 2022 ▶ 46:43 Enron · Acquired

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