Join us for a interactive talk on the real story behind Monopoly!
In this webinar, Mary Pilon, author of The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how the famed game, Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man’s lifelong obsession to tell the true story about the game’s questionable origins.
This interactive talk will dive into the gripping social history of corporate greed that illuminates the cutthroat nature of American business over the last century, and draw some interesting parallels with new developments in today’s market place.
MARY PILON is an investigative journalist and Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose work explores sports and business. She also holds a private investigator license in California. Pilon is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestsellers, “The Monopolists” and “The Longest Race,” with Olympian Kara Goucher, and she co-hosted the audio series “Twisted: The Story of Larry Nassar and the Women Who Brought Him Down.” Her work regularly appears in The New York Times, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker and she has worked with NBC as a producer at the Olympics and as a story editor on HBO’s “BS High,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. She previously served as a staff reporter on the sports desk at The New York Times and at The Wall Street Journal covering business and finance. A native of Eugene, Ore., Pilon began her journalism career at the Register-Guard.