Bain & Company

Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1973 by Bill Bain and colleagues from The Boston Consulting Group, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. As one of the prestigious 'Big Three' consulting firms alongside McKinsey & Company and Boston Consulting Group, Bain champions the bold to achieve the extraordinary through strategic consulting that connects strategy, innovation, and action. With approximately 19,000 employees across 67 cities in 40 countries, the firm generates annual revenues of approximately $6 billion as of 2023, representing more than doubled growth since 2018. Bain's multidisciplinary approach combines strategists, designers, and engineers to deliver comprehensive solutions across strategy, operations, digital transformation, customer experience, innovation, AI & technology solutions, sustainability, and private equity advisory. The firm serves Fortune 500 CEOs and leaders across 20+ industries including technology, healthcare, financial services, retail, energy, consumer products, telecommunications, and aerospace & defense. Bain has established a dominant position in private equity consulting, representing 25% of its global business and serving as the top consulting choice for PE firms with its private equity group being over three times larger than competitors. The firm operates under its founding motto 'results not reports' and 'True North' philosophy of always doing right by clients, resulting in high rates of repeat business with the vast majority of revenue coming from returning clients or referrals. Bain consistently ranks as the most employee-friendly among top consulting firms, earning recognition on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list for five consecutive years and achieving 91% employee recommendation rates and 96% CEO approval ratings. The company has received numerous diversity and inclusion awards, including 17 consecutive years of perfect scores on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, and ranks #1 across multiple Vault Consulting regional rankings for 2025.