Bain & Company
Consulting / MBBThe youngest of the 'MBB' strategy firms, Bain & Company is famous for its results-oriented, 'skin-in-the-game' approach and its dominance in Private Equity advisory.
Official Bain & Company Careers Website
Quick Facts
- Founded
- 1973
- Founder
- Bill Bain (and others)
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Industry
- Strategy & Management Consulting
About Bain & Company
Bain & Company was founded in 1973 by Bill Bain and a group of partners who left the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Bill Bain wanted a firm that didn't just hand over reports, but actually tied its compensation to the financial results of its clients (a radical 'skin-in-the-game' concept at the time).
Bain is particularly dominant in the Private Equity (PE) space. Its Private Equity Group (PEG) conducts a massive share of the world's commercial due diligence for buyout firms. Bain is also famous for creating the Net Promoter Score (NPS), the global standard metric for customer loyalty.
What Bain & Company Does
Private Equity
Commercial due diligence, portfolio company value creation, and fund strategy.
Corporate Strategy
Agile enterprise transformation and M&A advisory.
Customer Experience
Customer strategy leveraging their proprietary Net Promoter System (NPS).
Advanced Analytics
AI, machine learning, and enterprise digital architecture.
Career Areas
Types of professional roles found inside Bain & Company.
- Associate Consultant / Consultant
- Private Equity Analyst
- Data Scientist (Advanced Analytics Group)
- Innovation & Design Expert
- Knowledge Management
Bain & Company's History
- 1973Founded
Bill Bain and colleagues leave BCG to found Bain & Company in Boston.
- 1984Bain Capital founded
Partners spin off an independent private equity firm, Bain Capital (led initially by Mitt Romney).
- 2003NPS introduced
Fred Reichheld (a Bain partner) introduces the Net Promoter Score in a Harvard Business Review article.
Purpose & Values
“Results, not reports”
