Pete Buttigieg reveals his consulting clients included Best Buy, U.S. Postal Service
Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday released the names of nine clients he worked with during his time at McKinsey and Co., a management consulting firm.
Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, worked with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; the Canadian supermarket chain Loblaws; Best Buy; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Natural Resources Defense Council; the U.S. Department of Defense; the U.S. Postal Service; the Department of Energy; and the environmental nonprofit Energy Foundation. Buttigieg was employed by McKinsey from 2007 to 2010.
The names were revealed after McKinsey released Buttigieg from a nondisclosure agreement on Monday, following pressure from fellow 2020 candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who said voters should know about any conflicts of interest he might have. In turn, Buttigieg called on Warren to share details about her corporate legal work; she released her records on Sunday night.
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In addition to sharing the names, Buttigieg also explained the work he did for each client. "Now, voters can see for themselves that my work amounted to mostly research and analysis," he said in a statement. "They can also see that I value both transparency and keeping my word. Neither of these qualities are something we see coming out of Washington, especially from this White House."
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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