written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message hay group type private industry professional services founded 1943 headquarters philadelphia pennsylvania the united states area served worldwide key people stephen kaye ceo products management consulting services number of employees 4 000 employees website www.haygroup.com hay group is a global management consulting firm based in philadelphia pennsylvania with 86 offices in 49 countries as of 2015 . it is specialized in transforming organisations providing services related to people strategy . established in 1943 the firm was purchased in 1984 by saatchi & saatchi but returned to private ownership through a management buyout in 1990 . history edit in 1943 edward n. hay established a sole proprietorship in space rented from first pennsylvania bank . he named his firm edward n. hay and associates management consultants . its first major compensation project was with general foods . hay purchased personnel journal which provided a platform for his views on work people and the workplace . in 1946 the firm incorporated as e.n. hay and associates inc. in 1950 the firm published men and management a one page thought piece for executives on current issues . hay guide charts were invented by dale purves in 1951 and compensation survey comparisons began in 1954 . in 1958 hay died at age 67 and the company became a partnership with co managing partners milton rock and dale purves . the first office outside of philadelphia was established in 1960 in toronto canada the first overseas consulting operation was established in london in 1963 and the second u.s. office opened in san francisco in 1965 . purves died in 1966 and rock became managing partner . in 1984 saatchi & saatchi company plc acquired the hay group which was then combined with saatchi owned mcber & company a human resources planning and redevelopment firm . rock became chairman of saatchi consulting . in 1985 rock retired and charles fiero became ceo of the hay group . robert rock succeeded fiero as ceo in 1986 followed by chris matthews in 1987 . in 1990 the hay group s managers bought the company from saatchi . in 1997 the hay group conducted the first annual survey of the world s most admired companies for fortune . in 1999 daniel goleman published working with emotional intelligence with research conducted by the hay group . in 2005 the hay group conducted the study for chief executive magazine s best companies for leaders . by 2006 the hay group had expanded to 86 offices in 49 countries by acquisition and organic growth . in january 2013 cfo stephen kaye became ceo . 1 in september 2015 korn ferry announced that it would acquire hay group and that stephen kaye would continue in the role of ceo . 2 references edit stephen kaye named president and ceo of hay group . reuters . 2013 01 31 . retrieved 2015 10 01 . feintzeig rachel . korn ferry to buy hr consultancy hay group for 452 million . wall street journal . issn 0099 9660 . retrieved 2015 10 01 . hay group through the years 1943 2008 pdf . haygroup.com . external links edit official website this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . june 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message v t e consulting firms management consulting mckinsey & company bain & company boston consulting group accenture booz allen hamilton a.t. kearney bearingpoint l.e.k. consulting marsh & mclennan companies oliver wyman roland berger company arthur d. little kurt salmon huron consulting group capgemini deloitte monitor deloitte ernst & young pricewaterhousecoopers kpmg sia partners strategy & cra international accounting and finance consulting deloitte ernst & young pricewaterhousecoopers kpmg 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