Korn/Ferry International, headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world's largest executive search firm, and the largest publicly traded search firm in the United States, with 76 offices in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin ...
See More America, the Middle East and Africa. Since the firm's inception, it has conducted over 100,000 senior-level searches. In the 2008 fiscal year the company produced a global revenue of $790.6 million and had 2,584 employees.The firm was founded in 1969 by Lester Korn and Richard Ferry. Gary Burnison, a former partner of KPMG, serves as the current CEO. Korn/Ferry assists organizations in attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining their people. Services range from executive recruitment to leadership development programs, enterprise learning, succession planning and recruitment outsourcing.Futurestep, a Korn/Ferry company, was founded in 1998 and is the global industry leader in high-impact recruitment solutions; offering fully customized, flexible strategies to help organizations meet specific workforce needs.In June 2009, Korn/Ferry acquired the London-based executive search firm Whitehead Mann, a leading international talent management firm known for its CEO and board relationships and strong roster of clients throughout Europe.In 2011 the notable court case United States v. Nosal involving Korn/Ferry, the court held that employees can be criminally prosecuted for violating their employer’s computer policy.