Simon-Kucher & Partners

Simon-Kucher & Partners
Type Partnership
Industry Management consulting
Founded 1985
Headquarters International
Key people Dr. Klaus Hilleke, Dr. Georg Tacke, CEO
Products Management consulting services
Revenue $140m+
Employees 500+
Website http://www.simon-kucher.com/

Simon-Kucher & Partners, Strategy & Marketing Consultants is a management consulting firm founded in 1985 by Hermann Simon, Eckhard Kucher and Karl-Heinz Sebastian. It provides strategy, marketing and pricing advice to clients across sectors and geographies. They are described by the Economist as the world's leading pricing consultancy[1] and by Bloomberg BusinessWeek as a "world leader in giving advice to companies on how to price their products"[2]

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Offices

SKP employs over 500 consultants in 23 offices worldwide.[3]

Clients

In the Automotive industry SKP regularly conducts projects for both Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. Some other notable clients include Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Rio Tinto.[4]

Comparison to competitors

Simon-Kucher was ranked #34 and #22 in USA[5] and Europe[6] respectively in the Vault consulting 50 guide.

They compete with the likes of McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. In 2007 they were ranked as the top consulting firm for Marketing & Sales amongst German executives.[7]

References

  1. ^ Business Consulting: A Guide to How it Works and How to Make it Work (Economist). ISBN 1861977026. 
  2. ^ "Hidden Champions: The little-known European companies that are conquering the world". January 26, 2004. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_04/b3867601.htm. 
  3. ^ "SKP About Us". http://www2.simon-kucher.com/index.php/us/aboutskp/overview.html. 
  4. ^ "Clients & References". http://www2.simon-kucher.com/index.php/us/clients.html. 
  5. ^ "Vault Rankings USA". http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/companies/company-profile/Simon-Kucher-&-Partners?companyId=42084. 
  6. ^ "Vault Rankings Europe". http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/companies/company-profile/Simon-Kucher-&-Partners-Europe?companyId=8434069. 
  7. ^ "Learn more about Simon-Kucher". http://www2.simon-kucher.com/hiddenchampions/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=5. 

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