To press the issue, Fine arranged two meetings with Sagar and Wood at Tashas, a restaurant in Melrose Arch, an island of high-fashion retail stores, alfresco dining, a hotel, a gym, and business offices. “Who are the investors?” Fine demanded. Wood responded with a few names. Upon googling those names later, Fine became even more concerned. They were politically connected, he concluded. The idea that McKinsey’s due diligence on one of its biggest projects consisted of a partner googling names showed how ill-prepared the firm was to take on this assignment.
