Buttigieg’s Work At McKinsey Is a Secret

BuzzFeed News: “For nearly three years, he worked at McKinsey & Company, an elite management consulting firm with offices around the world. It was work that took him, he has said, to Iraq and Afghanistan. And for years after that, in his early campaigns for public office, Buttigieg held up his stint at McKinsey as a selling point and proof that he was a business-friendly Democrat, while only vaguely describing what he did and never revealing his clients.”

“A deeper understanding of his time there a decade ago would be relevant to evaluating a 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who’s now trying to prove he has the experience to be president. But Buttigieg continues to keep most details a secret, citing a confidentiality agreement. He also now describes the job — which informed his views on business issues — as ‘not something that I think is essential in my story.'”

Key point: “McKinsey has become known for working with authoritarian regimes and taking on other ethically complicated projects.”