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states key people gardner heidrick founder john struggles founder tracy r. wolstencroft chief executive officer gerard roche former senior chairman revenue us 494.29 million 2014 net income us 6.80 million 2014 number of employees 1 548 2015 website www.heidrick.com 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 . contents 1 history 2 recent acquisitions 3 firm timeline 4 notable placements 5 external links 6 references history edit 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 . 1 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 . 2 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 edit 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 . 3 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 edit 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 edit mohamad ali president & ceo of carbonite inc. 2015 4 satya nadella ceo of microsoft 2014 5 charles e. ed haldeman jr. ceo of freddie mac 2009 6 bruce witherell coo of freddie mac 2009 7 eric schmidt ceo of google 2001 8 external links edit chicago portal companies portal heidrick & struggles executive search leadership consulting culture shaping official website references edit who we are continued heidrick & struggles . www.heidrick.com . retrieved 2015 12 03 . jenn nancy garrison 2005 04 01 . headhunters and how to use them a guide for organisations and individuals . john wiley & sons . isbn 9781861977342 . heidrick & struggles acquires senn delaney the leading corporate culture shaping consulting firm . globenewswire news room . retrieved 2015 12 03 . heidrick & struggles places president and ceo at carbonite hunt scanlon media . hunt scanlon media . retrieved 2015 12 03 . satya nadella is microsoft s new ceo . read write web . heidrick & struggles places top leadership at freddie mac . www.prnewswire.com . retrieved 2015 12 03 . heidrick & struggles places top leadership at freddie mac . www.prnewswire.com . retrieved 2015 12 03 . schmidt google ceo yielded headhunters 130m . forbes . 2004 09 17 . retrieved 2015 12 03 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title heidrick % 26 struggles & oldid 742842930 categories executive search firmscompanies established in 1953hidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from april 2016articles with a promotional tone from april 2011all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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