THE
TOP EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRMS HOT
Ranked by revenue LIST
RANK ‘06
RANK ‘05
Company name Global revenue for most Number of client Key clients
and URL recent four quarters companies
(percentage change from
prior four quarters)
1. 1. KORN FERRY INTERNATIONAL $552.9 million Would not disclose Would not disclose
www.kornferry.com (22 percent)
2. 3. SPENCER STUART $433.7 million 2,000-plus Would not disclose
www.spencerstuart.com (15 percent)
3. 2. HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES $415.2 million Would not disclose Kmart, Coca-Cola, Baxter, Toys “R” Us,
www.heidrick.com (7 percent) Kimberly-Clark, MasterCard
4. n/a EGON ZEHNDER INTERNATIONAL $376.1 million Would not disclose Would not disclose
www.egonzehnder.com (12 percent)
5. 4. RUSSELL REYNOLDS $334.1 million* Not available Not available
www.russellreynolds.com (46 percent)
6. 5. RAY & BERNDTSON $180.6 million 3,440 Would not disclose
www.rayberndtson.com (26 percent)
7. n/a IIC PARTNERS $107.3 million Not available Not available
www.iicpartners.com (N/A)
8. 6. WHITEHEAD MANN $75 million 750-plus Would not disclose
www.wmann.com (-33 percent)
9. 8. DHR INTERNATIONAL $70.1 million Would not disclose The Gap, Chico’s, OfficeMax, Yahoo
www.dhrinternational.com (17 percent) Media Group, eBay, Disney, Motorola
10. 7. HIGHLAND PARTNERS $63.7 million 381 Would not disclose
www.highlandpartners.com (-1 percent)
11. 10. LUCAS GROUP $60 million 1,000-plus Caterpillar, General Electric, Stryker,
www.lucasgroup.com (33 percent) Frito-Lay, Morgan Stanley, Target
12. 9. SIGNIUM INTERNATIONAL $55.5 million Would not disclose American Express, Cartier,
www.signium.com (19 percent) DaimlerChrysler, Ernst & Young,
Hewlett-Packard, Honda, IBM
13. 12. STANTON CHASE INTERNATIONAL $50.5 million 245 Tyco, Heineken, MasterCard, Red Bull,
www.stantonchase.com (19 percent) Toyota, Kohler, Novatis, Kraft Foods
14. 11. A.T. KEARNEY EXECUTIVE SEARCH $49.5 million* Not available Not available
www.atkearney.com (13 percent)
15. n/a CHRISTIAN & TIMBERS $42.2 million* Not available Not available
www.ctnet.com (N/A)
*From the March 2006 Executive Recruiter Newsletter, “20 Largest Retained Executive Search Practices in the World,” Kennedy Information
Sources: Companies, Kennedy Information
This list first appeared in the July 17, 2006 issue of Workforce Management.