consulting founded 1964 headquarters zurich switzerland number of locations 68 offices in 41 countries key people rajeev vasudeva ceo 1 damien o brien chairman products global executive searching revenue 2014 usd 692.1 million 2 number of employees about 452 consultants slogan no official slogan website www.egonzehnder.com egon zehnder is a global executive search firm . it is the world s largest privately held executive search and talent strategy firm . 3 with revenues of usd 663 million in 2013 2 the firm ranks among the top three worldwide . 4 5 the firm was founded in 1964 by egon zehnder a 1956 harvard business school graduate and operates in 41 countries with 68 offices . 6 currently rajeev vasudeva serves as ceo and damien o brien as chairman . 7 the firm has some 2000 employees including 452 consultants . 8 in early 2013 the firm rebranded worldwide dropping international from its name . the firm offers services and expertise in the fields of executive search board consulting and leadership strategy services . academic research by the harvard business school has examined egon zehnder s history reward culture and the creation of different practices in the mid 1990s . 9 10 one of the principles that the firm claims for itself operating as a single profit center was described in an article by ronald heifetz alexander grashow marty linsky in the harvard business review july 2009 . 11 in his book working with emotional intelligence us business author daniel goleman introduced his theory of emotional intelligence . in the chapter the emotionally intelligent organization he describes various firms including egon zehnder . 12 references edit egon zehnder appoints rajeev vasudeva as ceo . nasdaq.com . retrieved 2014 01 23 . a b egon zehnder reports strong performance for 2014 . egonzehnder.com press release . womens forum for economy and society . retrieved 2015 03 09 . executive search firms big 5 generalist firms . yale school of management . retrieved 2012 06 01 . new data show gloomy outlook for executive search firms . fins sales & marketing the wall street journal digital network . retrieved 2012 06 01 . egon p.s. zehnder mba 56 . harvard business school . retrieved 2009 08 03 . rajeev vasudeva appointed to egon zehnder ceo role . egonzehnder.com . retrieved 2014 01 23 . egon zehnder international . evpa.eu.com . retrieved 2012 03 22 . yoshino michael y. ; knoop carin isabel ; reavis cate march 27 1998 . egon zehnder international implementing practice groups . harvard business school publishing . nanda ashish ; morrell kelley march 26 2004 . strategic review at egon zehnder international . harvard business school publishing . heifetz ronald ; grashow alexander ; linsky marty july 1 2009 . leadership in a permanent crisis . harvard business review . goleman daniel 1998 . working with emotional intelligence . new york bantam books . pp. 301 311 . isbn 0 553 37858 9 . external links edit official website the focus online corporate magazine this swiss corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title egon zehnder & oldid 741570768 categories companies based in z richcompanies established in 1964executive search firmsinternational management consulting firmsprivately held companies of switzerlandswiss company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 09 34 . 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