appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message spencer stuart type partnership industry management consulting founded 1956 headquarters 353 n. clark suite 2400 chicago 60654 united states number of locations 56 offices in 30 countries key people kevin m. connelly ceo edward speed chairman of the board products global executive searching & leadership consulting revenue 2013 usd 433.7 million 1 website 1 spencer stuart is an american global executive search and leadership consulting firm based in chicago illinois . 2 it was founded in 1956 operates 56 offices in 30 countries and is privately owned . 2 in 2009 the wall street journal described spencer stuart as the u.s. government s main resource for finding replacement executives for companies bailed out during the great recession . citation needed the yahoo board of directors retained spencer stuart in june 2012 to conduct a search to replace former ceo scott thompson . 3 the twitter board of directors retained spencer stuart in june 2015 to conduct a search to replace former ceo dick costolo . 4 during the 2009 government bailouts of struggling u.s. companies spencer stuart worked with the majority of the companies to replace company leadership and board members . clients during this time included general motors aig and fannie mae . some competitors expressed frustration with spencer stuart s dominance in federally funded recruitment . 5 references edit top executive search firms . a b spencer stuart inc. private company information . investing.businessweek.com . bloomberg . retrieved june 22 2012 . kara swisher june 4 2012 . exclusive yahoo board hires spencer stuart for ceo search . allthingsd.com . dow jones & company . retrieved june 22 2012 . goel vindu . twitter s board hires search firm to find next c.e.o. . joann s. lublin august 6 2009 . spencer stuart grabs lion s share of headhunting for bailed out firms . online.wsj.com . dow jones & company . retrieved june 22 2012 . external links edit official website pov 2015 online corporate magazine this united states corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this chicago related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spencer stuart & oldid 743337176 categories companies based in chicagocompanies established in 1956executive search firmsunited states company stubschicago stubshidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from september 2015articles needing additional references from september 2015all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2016use mdy dates from june 2012all 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 italiano edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 05 01 . 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