Bruce Henderson starts the management and consulting division of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company.
Read More About the 1960BCG begins publishing short, provocative essays, which later include classics such as the experience curve and time-based competition.
Read More About the 19601966 BCG Opens an Office in Tokyo
BCG becomes the first Western strategy firm in Japan, with the acquisition of T.F.M. Adams.
Read More About the 19601968 THE STAR, DOG, CASH COW, AND QUESTION MARK
Bruce Henderson develops the growth share matrix—which becomes a basic tenet of business strategy.
Read More About the 19601968 SANDRA MOOSE BECOMES BCG’S FIRST FEMALE CONSULTANT
Sandra would later become a BCG director in 1975 and a senior vice president in 1989.
Read More About the 1960BCG celebrates its tenth anniversary—and revenue surpassing $7 million.
Read More About the 19701975 BCG ACHIEVES INDEPENDENCE
Through an employee stock ownership plan, BCG agrees to purchase the firm from the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company.
Read More About the 19701978 THE STRONG OVERSEAS ECONOMY
Half of BCG’s revenue comes from its global business outside the US.
Read More About the 1970BCG launches its first internally funded research efforts—later known as Tier One projects.
Read More About the 1980The firm completes its first project for the Shanghai Machine and Electric Company.
Read More About the 19801987 BCG ORGANIZES INTO PRACTICE GROUPS
The firm creates six practice groups—four industry services and two functional areas—to deepen BCG’s expertise.
Read More About the 1980BCG’s CEO, John Clarkson, introduces the firm’s newest recruits to BCG values, all building toward a common vision.
Read More About the 19801990 FROM STRATEGY TO MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
BCG releases Competing Against Time and “Jazz vs. Symphony”—publications that reposition the firm as a broader management consulting firm.
Read More About the 19901998 ONCE A BCGER, ALWAYS A BCGER
To maintain ties with its growing roster of former colleagues, BCG begins to host annual worldwide alumni days.
Read More About the 19901998 BCG CREATES THE STRATEGY INSTITUTE
The firm capitalizes on its heritage by establishing the Strategy Institute—aimed at generating new ideas.
Read More About the 19901999 ANTICIPATING THE DISRUPTION OF E-COMMERCE
BCG’s Philip Evans and Thomas S. Wurster write Blown to Bits, which assesses the strategic implications of e-commerce.
Read More About the 19902001 CHANGE MANAGEMENT IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The Change Monster, written by Jeanie Duck, is a business bestseller on organizational change.
Read More About the 20002004 BCG BROADENS ITS SCOPE OF SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
The firm strengthens its relationships with philanthropic organizations and publishes Making a Difference, its first social impact report.
Read More About the 20002007 A “BEST COMPANY TO WORK FOR”
Fortune ranks BCG on its “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for the first time, where it has remained ever since.
Read More About the 20002008 BCG FELLOW PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED
BCG Fellows, proven idea generators, develop leading-edge perspectives in an area of personal passion for three years at a time.
Read More About the 20002010 BCGPERSPECTIVES.COM IS LAUNCHED
The firm launches its online thought leadership portal, bcgperspectives.com, which has since become bcg.com.
Read More About the 20102014 PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF INDUSTRY
BCG Digital Ventures, a multidisciplinary team focused on digital innovation, is founded.
Read More About the 2010BCG launches the BCG Henderson Institute in honor of Bruce Henderson’s 100th birthday.
Read More About the 2010BCG simplifies its full name to “Boston Consulting Group” and updates its corporate logo for the first time in decades—representing the firm’s evolution and bold, adaptive approach.
Read More About the 2010Unlocking the Potential of Those Who Advance the World