private industry market research consulting founded 1961 ; 55 years ago 1961 founder dan l. sullivan & lore a. frost headquarters mountain view california united states key people david frigstad chairman 1 krishna srinivasan president 2 services growth strategy consulting and research number of employees 1800 website www.frost.com frost & sullivan is a consulting firm which provides market research and analysis growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries . it is headquartered in mountain view california and has offices in over 40 countries . 3 contents 1 history 2 services 3 references 4 external links history edit frost & sullivan was founded by dan l. sullivan and lore a. frost 4 in new york city in 1961 . 5 the company initially focused on research related to new technologies distribution channels and business trends . in 1972 it started a corporate training division . also in the 1970s the company started sponsoring conferences and industry meets and also expanded outside the us in the 1970s by opening an office in london . 5 in 1982 frost & sullivan was publicly traded and had annual revenues of 9.1 million . by 1987 the revenues had grown to around 17.5 million with 290 000 in net earnings . theodore cross acquired 53 % of the company s stock in the mid 1980s . 5 in january 1988 the company was merged with a subsidiary of fas acquisition co. a company formed by theodore cross and warburg pincus capital making it a private firm once again . 6 in 1993 the company was acquired by david frigstad . the company expanded into asia in the 1990s and opened offices in china japan india and singapore . in 1997 it entered into a joint venture with m.a.i.d. later acquired by dialog for electronic distribution of its material . in 2001 it acquired technical insights . the same year frost & sullivan lost its new york sales office in the september 11 attacks . 7 the following recession forced the company to lay off 10 % of its 700 strong staff before it made a recovery . 5 in 2002 it further expanded its alliance with dialog . 8 services edit frost & sullivan s services fall into the following three broad categories 9 market research including industry analysis technology analysis and customer research ; stylized as 360 research consulting aimed at helping businesses achieve growth ; stylized as growth consulting . includes growth implementation services which includes business process re engineering performance management change management sales and distribution optimisation and customer experience management . events including seminars learning workshops conferences and award banquets references edit global economy will turn around very soon david frigstad chairman frost & sullivan . the times of india . 2011 10 17 . retrieved 2011 11 17 . frost & sullivan inc. . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 2011 11 17 . our offices . frost & sullivan . frost & sullivan . retrieved 14 september 2016 . http www.gil global.com 50th lorefrost beg 1961 . swf a b c d thomas derdak tina grant ed . 2003 . international directory of company histories volume 53 . st. james press . pp. 142 146 . isbn 978 1 55862 483 2 . company briefs . the new york times . 1987 11 23 . retrieved 2011 11 17 . frost & sullivan lost office in nyc attack . san antonio business journal . 2001 09 17 . retrieved 2011 11 17 . dialog expands alliance with frost & sullivan . information today . 2002 05 01 . retrieved 2011 11 17 . f & s services . frost & sullivan . retrieved 2015 06 10 . external links edit official frost & sullivan website history of frost & sullivan retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title frost % 26 sullivan & oldid 743662939 categories companies established in 1961companies based in san antonioresearch and analysis firms of the united statesresearch and analysis firms1961 establishments in new york navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 16 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view