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Type
  
Public

Revenue
  
494.3 million USD (2014)

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Traded as
  
NASDAQ: HSII S&P 600 Component

Industry
  
Executive Search, Leadership Consulting & Culture Shaping

Founded
  
Chicago, Illinois (1953)

Key people
  
Gardner Heidrick, Founder John Struggles, Founder Tracy R. Wolstencroft, Chief Executive Officer Gerard Roche, Former Senior Chairman

Net income
  
US $6.80 million (2014)

CEO
  
Tracy R. Wolstencroft (Feb 2014–)

Stock price
  
HSII (NASDAQ) US$ 26.05 -0.20 (-0.76%)17 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Subsidiaries
  
HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES (INDIA) PRIVATE Ltd

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Heidrick & Struggles International Incorporated is a global executive search firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. In addition to its executive search practice, the firm also has a consulting practice focused on leadership and culture shaping.

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History

Heidrick & Struggles was founded in 1953 by Gardner Heidrick and John E. Struggles, both former employees of the management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Heidrick recruited Struggles, who previously worked as a personnel manager for Montgomery Ward, as his partner in the new venture establishing their presence in Chicago. The partnership heralded the beginning of one of the first executive search firms in the United States. Their first three clients were West Virginia Coal & Coke Corporation, Northern Trust and Continental Can.

Heidrick & Struggles served as a launching pad for many top companies in the modern executive search industry. In Spring of 1955, Heidrick & Struggles hired Spencer Stuart, who would eventually leave to start his own executive search firm, Spencer Stuart.

In 1957, Heidrick & Struggles began expanding outside of the Midwest across the United States and onto both coasts with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City. In 1968, the firm officially became an international provider by establishing an office in London. The firm would go on to expand globally with more than 50 offices across six continents and establish a world-class reputation in leadership.

In 2014, Heidrick & Struggles International named Tracy R. Wolstencroft as President and Chief Executive Officer. Wolstencroft, who was also named to the Heidrick & Struggles Board of Directors, came to the firm after serving a 25-year career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was a partner from 1994 – 2010.

Recent Acquisitions

  • In December 2012, Heidrick & Struggles acquired Senn Delaney, a leading firm in corporate culture shaping. The acquisition served as a step toward the strategy of building a premier professional services firm focused on serving the leadership of top international organizations. As the evolution of the executive search industry continued to grow and evolve, Heidrick & Struggles’ purchase of Senn Delaney opened the doors to a complementary service highly coveted by top executives. The purchase closed with an acquisition cost of $53.3 million.
  • In October, 2015, Heidrick & Struggles acquired London-based advisory boutique Co Company, expanding its offerings with this leadership consultancy focusing on the service of accelerating organizational performance. Co Company Chairman Colin Price joined Heidrick & Struggles as Executive Vice President leading its leadership consulting practice globally.
  • Firm Timeline

    1953 – Gardner Heidrick & John E. Struggles partner to establish Heidrick & Struggles

    1954 – Heidrick & Struggles land its first client, the West Virginia Coal and Coke Company

    1968 – Opening of the Heidrick & Struggles London office

    1974 – European firm expansion with the opening of offices in Frankfurt & Paris

    1979 – Firm establishes a presence in Asia with an office in Hong Kong

    1982 – Gardner Heidrick retires after 29-years with the firm

    1986 – John E. Struggles retires after 33-years with the firm

    1999 – Heidrick & Struggles International becomes a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ

    2008 – Heidrick & Struggles becomes a strategic partner of The World Economic Forum

    2012 – Acquires corporate culture-shaping firm Senn Delaney

    2013 – Rings the bell on the NASDAQ in recognition of the firm’s 60th anniversary

    2014 – Names Tracy Wolstencroft as President and CEO

    2015 – Acquires London-based leadership consulting firm Co Company

    Feb 2016 - Acquires Decision Strategies International (DSI), a leadership advisory firm

    Aug 2016 - Acquires JCA Group, a London-based executive search advisory firm.

    Notable Placements

  • Mohamad Ali - President & CEO of Carbonite, Inc. (2015)
  • Satya Nadella - CEO of Microsoft (2014)
  • Charles E. "Ed" Haldeman, Jr., - CEO of Freddie Mac (2009)
  • Bruce Witherell - COO of Freddie Mac (2009)
  • Eric Schmidt - CEO of Google (2001)
  • References

    Heidrick & Struggles Wikipedia