Bain & Company

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Bain & Company is an American management consulting company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is one of the largest management consultancy firms in the world and provides advice to public, private and non-profit organizations. One of the Big Three management consultancies, Bain & Company was founded in 1973 by former group vice president of Boston Consulting Group Bill Bain and his colleagues, including Patrick F. Graham. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the firm grew rapidly. Bill Bain later spun off the alternative investment business into Bain Capital in 1984 and appointed Mitt Romney as its first chief executive. Bain experienced several setbacks and financial troubles from 1987 to the early 1990s. Romney and Orit Gadiesh are credited with returning the firm to profitability and growth in their sequential roles as the firm's CEO and chairman respectively. In the 2000s, Bain & Company continued to expand and create additional practice areas focused on working with non...

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