Simon-Kucher & Partners


Simon-Kucher & Partners is a global strategy consulting firm with over 1,200 employees in 38 offices. Founded in 1985, the firm focuses on strategy, marketing, pricing, and sales with a total revenue of 358 million euros in 2019.

Firm

History

Simon-Kucher & Partners was founded by Hermann Simon and his doctoral students, Eckhard Kucher and Karl-Heinz Sebastian, in Bonn in 1985. At the time, Simon was a professor at the University of Bielefeld but his specialization in corporate pricing policy began much earlier when he was a doctoral student in the late 1970s.
In 1996, Simon-Kucher & Partners became the first independent German consultancy to establish a subsidiary abroad when the firm opened an office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This was the beginning of Simon-Kucher & Partners' international expansion with one or two new offices opening annually, starting with Paris, Zurich, Tokyo, and Munich.

Company structure and management

Simon-Kucher is owned by more than 100 partners. As the company's only shareholders, the partners are responsible for the company's business success and future growth. The firm is led by the board, which consists of nine partners from different countries and offices. Mark Billige and Andreas von der Gathen are the company's co-CEOs since January 1, 2020. Previously, Dr. Georg Tacke was CEO since 2009, when Hermann Simon stepped down as board chairman, a position that he had held since 1995.