Jonathan Alter: Mark Penn has "IQ of Bill Gates and the EQ (emotional intelligence) of an eggplant"
In the latest issue of Newsweek, Jonathan Alter gives his perspective on “the men behind Clinton and Obama,” which happen to be Burson-Marsteller CEO Mark Penn (Clinton) and David Axelrod (Obama).
Alter and Penn attended Harvard together, where Alter says the Burson CEO’s nickname was “Pig-Penn.” He explains:
He has the IQ of a Bill Gates and the “EQ” (emotional intelligence) of an eggplant. His awkwardness makes him an especially strange choice to be CEO of Burson-Marsteller, one of the largest public-relations firms in the world, but the company (which represents Blackwater, predatory lenders and a few anti-union companies) obviously values him for his grasp of the “science” of selling tarnished products.
Kevin
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