COMPANY

Management consulting firm, founded 1973 by Bill Bain, a former Boston Consulting Group VP, and six other partners. Bain & Company spun off a private equity firm, Bain Capital in 1984.

Official Website:
http://www.bain.com/

Industry:
Business Services

Corporate headquarters:
Boston, MA

Employees:
3200

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William F. Achtmeyer	Business	c. 1955		Partner, The Parthenon Group
Richard W. Boyce	Business	c. 1954		Texas Pacific Group
Gregory D. Brenneman	Business	c. 1962		CEO of Quiznos
Scott Cook	Business	c. 1952		Co-Founder of Intuit
Pete Dawkins	Football	8-Mar-1938		Winner, 1958 Heisman Trophy
John Donahoe	Business	c. 1960		CEO of eBay
Kevin Efrusy	Business	c. 1972		Accel Partners
Kim C. Goodman	Business	c. 1966		EVP at American Express
James A. Lawrence	Business	18-Oct-1952		CFO of Unilever
Steven G. Pagliuca	Business	c. 1955		Bain Capital
Kevin Rollins	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Dell Computer, 2004-07
Mitt Romney	Politician	12-Mar-1947		Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07
Kent J. Thiry	Business	c. 1956		CEO of DaVita
Thomas J. Tierney	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Bain & Company, 1992-2000
Vijay Vishwanath	Business	c. 1960		Partner, Bain & Company
Meg Whitman	Business	4-Aug-1956		CEO of Hewlett-Packard

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William F. Achtmeyer	Business	c. 1955		Partner, The Parthenon Group

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joshua Bekenstein	Business	c. 1958		Bain Capital
Michael A. Bell	Business	c. 1956		Monitor Clipper Partners
Michael J. Bush	Business	c. 1960		3 Day Blinds, Inc.
Kenneth Chenault	Business	2-Jun-1951		CEO of American Express
John Connaughton	Business	c. 1967		Bain Capital
Rona Fairhead	Business	c. 1962		CEO of Financial Times Group
Shira D. Goodman	Business	c. 1961		EVP at Staples
Chris Gordon	Business	c. 1973		Bain Capital
Kirk S. Hachigian	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Cooper Industries
John S. Hamlin	Business	c. 1965		Former Dell VP
Matthew S. Levin	Business	c. 1966		Bain Capital
Michael A. Miles, Jr.	Business	c. 1961		President of Staples
Claude Mongeau	Business	c. 1962		CFO of Canadian National Railway
Craig O. Morrison	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Hexion Specialty Chemicals
Neil S. Novich	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Ryerson, 2006-07
Vivek Paul	Business	1958		Vice Chairman of Wipro, 1999-2005
Mark Pincus	Business	13-Feb-1966		Founder of Zynga
Kenneth A. Pontarelli	Business	c. 1971		Goldman Sachs
Neil P. Simpkins	Business	c. 1941		Senior Managing Director, Blackstone
Michael Ward	Business	c. 1964		Bain Capital
Suzy Welch	Journalist	1959		HBR Editor, now wife of Jack Welch
Michael D. White	Business	c. 1952		CEO of DirecTV

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Christopher Gent	Business	10-May-1948		CEO of Vodafone, 1997-2003

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