Rich Lesser

Richard "Rich" Lesser (born 1962) is an American businessman who is the CEO of American global management consultancy the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Richard "Rich" Lesser
Rich Lesser at the 2012 World Economic Forum in Davos
Born1962
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BS)
Harvard Business School (MBA)
OccupationManagement consultant, strategist
EmployerBoston Consulting Group
TitleCEO

Education

He attended the University of Michigan, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, and then Harvard Business School as a Baker Scholar.[1]

Career

Lesser started his career as a process development engineer and group leader at Procter & Gamble.[2]

In 1988, Lesser joined BCG as a consultant, and was elected to the firm's Executive Committee in 2006.[3] It is claimed he played a pivotal role in helping BCG become the only global management consulting firm to grow strongly through the 2008 recession.[4]

In May 2012, he was named the successor of Hans-Paul Bürkner as the Global Chief Executive Officer of The Boston Consulting Group.[5] Since then the firm has opened nine new offices.[6] Lesser oversaw the launch of BCG Digital Ventures, a global digital business-building firm; BCG Gamma, an analytics and machine-learning team; and BCG TURN, a turnaround, restructuring, and transformation unit.[7]

In December 2016, Lesser joined a business forum assembled by then president-elect Donald Trump to provide strategic and policy advice on economic issues.[8] In October 2018, Lesser began a third three-year term as CEO of Boston Consulting Group.

References
  1. "Notable Alumni". Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  2. "Executive Profile: Richard I. Lesser". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. "BCG Press Release". Thomson Reuters. 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  4. "Top 25 Consultants, 2009: Rich Lesser". Consulting Magazine. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  5. "The Boston Consulting Group Names Rich Lesser New President and CEO". The Boston Consulting Group. 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  6. "BCG Continues Its Steady Growth and Announces Three New Offices". Yahoo! Finance. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  7. "The Boston Consulting Group Launches BCG Digital Ventures, a Digital Innovation, Product Development, and Commercialization Firm". Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  8. Bryan, Bob (2 Dec 2016). "Trump is forming an economic advisory team with the CEOs of Disney, General Motors, JPMorgan, and more". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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