President & Chief Executive Officer
   Hans-Paul Bürkner

   Chairman Emeritus
   John Clarkeson

   Chairman of the Board
   Carl Stern

   Chief Financial Officer
   Debbie Simpson

   Founded
   1963 by Bruce Henderson (1915-1992)

   Ownership
   The firm is privately held

   Headquarters
   Boston, Massachusetts

   Revenue
   2007: US$2.3 billion

   Offices
   BCG has 66 offices in 38 countries

Mission
To help leading-edge businesses gain lasting strategic and competitive advantage through a combination of breakthrough thinking, rigorous analysis, and applied creativity.

Focus
A general management consulting firm, BCG is regarded as a global leader in business strategy consulting. The firm has built its worldwide practice on intellectual leadership, and has helped change the way many corporations approach, and engage in, competition. Many of BCG's strategic concepts are taught at leading business schools and executive education programs around the world.

As part of its commitment to intellectual leadership, BCG encourages the widespread circulation of its ideas. BCG consultants have written books based on BCG concepts and insights, and have authored prize-winning articles for leading business publications.

Concepts
BCG's focus on conceptual, strategic thinking has yielded many breakthrough ideas that have become classics of strategy. The experience curve, time-based competition, sustainable growth, and total shareholder value are BCG concepts that many organizations have leveraged to enhance positioning.

Clients
BCG works with some of the world's most innovative companies. A majority of BCG clients rank among the 500 largest corporations in North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia. BCG also advises mid-sized companies, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. Globally, the firm also has a strong history of helping not-for-profit organizations make an impact on society.

Consultants
BCG's consultants reflect the company's standards and global outlook. A majority of BCG's 3,900 consultants have advanced degrees from leading business schools-including the University of Chicago, Harvard, INSEAD, Kellogg, Stanford, and Wharton.

BCG values diverse perspectives, and its project teams reflect the company's global offices. The result is a cross-pollination of new ideas and viewpoints.

Areas of Expertise
BCG advises corporations in every global market and industry. The firm conducts research and analysis in several key areas of expertise:

Industries
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