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The Informant Is Back At Work
theodp writes "Fortune catches up with former ADM exec and whistleblower Mark Whitacre, who talks about watching his life on screen in the dark comedy, The Informant!. Among other things, Whitacre apologizes to Fortune for duping the magazine in a 1995 interview when his bipolar-fueled compulsive lying was in its full glory. Thanks to a Ph.D. he earned from Cornell in nutritional biochemistry, and an understanding CEO who was involved in prison ministry, Whitacre is now COO of Cypress Systems, where he's been working since spending nine years in prison for embezzlement. And yes, his wife really did stand by him through the wild ride."
Most prisoners can't afford to get PhDs. I wonder where he got the money and found the time for education like that (a PhD no less!); most prison jobs pay slavery wages.
He didn't get his PhD in prison. He had it long before his time at ADM.
"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war." -- Albert Einstein
I second listening to the podcast. It's a wonderful piece of storytelling and the stainless steel set this guy had blew my mind. Granted he was bipolar, but what he did was exceptional.
I want to see the movie because of the podcast. It's that good.
I call it 'The Aristocrats'
Along with "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room", and "Pigs at the Trough", you might want to try The Corporation and War is a Racket. There's tons of historical and statistical evidence to prove that "power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" as it applies to business and the board room. It amazes me that there are so many apologists out there.