Top Consulting Firms Profile McKinsey & Company, the most prestigious company of them all, usually ranks first even among the best. McKinsey consultants live by the motto “Different Worlds, One McKinsey,” helping companies become more agile, innovative, sustainable and inclusive; characteristics which are no longer a trade-off but rather a must. McKinsey & Co. offers “practical and enduring results” which has earned them their global prestige. Read More A Bainie never lets another Bainie fail, is a central philosophy followed by Bain & Company, which means that “work culture, people and amazing learning opportunities” are among the most important aspects of Bain & Company. The Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm and it has 63 offices spread across 38 countries. It advises clients on Strategy, Marketing, Operations, Organization, Information Technology (IT) transformation, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) across all industries. Read More Founded in 1963, BCG was a pioneer in business strategy and today it is a global management consulting firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the Big Three, along with Bain & Company and McKinsey & Company, of the world’s three largest and most prestigious management consulting firms. Boston Consulting Group is a privately held corporation with offices in over 90 cities across more than 50 countries, operating as a single firm globally. The members of the corporation’s partnership own the entire company. Read More Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm with over 4,200 employees in over 40 countries. The firm collaborates with over three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500, as well as the most powerful governmental and non-profit organizations. Kearney is a partner-owned firm with a unique, collegial culture that cuts across organizational and geographic lines—and it shows. Their consultants are down to earth, friendly, and have a common passion for performing innovative client work that brings clear benefits to businesses – both short and long term – regardless of location or status. Read More Roland Berger is the only European heritage management consultancy with a strong international presence. The firm operates 50 offices in all major markets as an independent firm solely owned by its partners. Roland Berger 2400 employees provide a one-of-a-kind blend of an analytical mindset and an empathic attitude. Roland Berger believes that the world requires a new sustainable paradigm that considers the entire value cycle, driven by its values of entrepreneurship, excellence, and empathy. Read More Ernst & Young is the world’s fourth-largest public accounting business. In 1989, the world’s third-largest accounting firm, Ernst & Whinney (located in Cleveland, Ohio), combined with the sixth-largest firm, Arthur Young (based in New York), to become what was then the world’s largest accounting business. Ernst & Young was one of the “Big Five” accounting companies (Arthur Andersen, Deloitte & Touche LLP, KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers) that controlled the industry as of 1999. Read More “Deloitte provides audit and assurance, consulting, tax, and risk and financial advisory services to many of the world’s most admired brands, including nearly 90 percent of the Fortune 500 and thousands of private and middle-market companies.” Different from the MBB firms which focus on strategy consulting only; Deloitte forms part of the Big 4 firms (the largest professional firms that also include PwC, EY and KPMG) who offer a wider range of services that go from strategy to implementation to evaluation. Read More L.E.K. Consulting is a global strategy consulting firm that helps business leaders achieve practical results with real effect by combining deep industry expertise with rigorous analysis. The firm is unwavering in its commitment to assisting clients in making better decisions, improving business performance, and increasing shareholder returns. Read More
