Roland Berger (company)

Not to be confused with Roland Berger.

Roland Berger Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA
Company typePartnership
IndustryManagement consulting
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
FounderRoland Berger
Headquarters
Munich
,
Germany
Number of locations
50 (2019)
Area served
worldwide
Key people
RevenueUS$670 million (2018)
Number of employees
2,400 (2018)
Websitewww.rolandberger.com

Roland Berger (from 2001 to 2015 Roland Berger Strategy Consultants)[1] is an international management consultancy headquartered in Munich.[2] With 2,400 employees and 52 offices in 35 countries, it has a presence in all major industrialized and emerging markets.[3] As the market leader in Germany, Roland Berger is the only European consultancy with an international presence and is one of the leading representatives of its industry.[4] Annual sales in 2018 were around EUR 600 million, the most successful financial year to date.

The company was founded by Roland Berger in 1967 and expanded worldwide in the 1970s and 1980s.[5] Majority owned by Deutsche Bank from 1987 to 1998, Roland Berger developed into a partnership in the 1990s following a management buyout.[6][7] Today, the consulting firm is an independent partnership exclusively owned by some 230 Partners.[8][9]

  1. ^ Bert Fröndhoff. "Neuer Markenauftritt: Roland Bergers Plan "B"" [Roland Berger's plan "B]. Handelsblatt (in German). Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Our History". Roland Berger. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ^ "International Offices". Roland Berger. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ Bert Fröndhoff (7 January 2019). "Berater feiern ein Rekordjahr" [Consultants celebrate a record year.]. Handelsblatt (in German).
  5. ^ "Ich gehe auf die Menschen zu" [I go towards people]. Bilanz (in German). 24 September 2003.
  6. ^ "Deutsche Bank steigt bei Top-Berater aus" [Deutsche Bank exits with top consultant]. Handelsblatt (in German). 23 July 1998.
  7. ^ Thomas Luber (1998). "Auf eigenen Füßen" [On your own feet]. Capital (in German).
  8. ^ Axel Höpner, Katrin Terpitz (22 July 2010). "Roland Berger will unabhängig bleiben" [Roland Berger wants to remain independent]. Handelsblatt (in German).
  9. ^ "Roland Berger sagt "Nein"" [Roland Berger says "No".]. Medianet (in German). 10 January 2014.