Overview
Heidrick & Struggles is an executive search and leadership advisory firm headquartered at Willis Tower, 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago.[17] On 10 December 2025 it completed a take-private transaction valued at about US$1.3 billion, led by Advent International and Corvex Private Equity with strategic investors including Salem Capital Management, Mousse Partners, TF Cornerstone, HighSage Ventures and Barcliff Partners; chief executive Tom Monahan joined the new board, and Advent operating partner Carmine Di Sibio, a former global chair and CEO of EY, was to become chairman.[16]
The firm describes itself as “a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions”.[16] Its executive search practices include AI and technology officers, CEO and board, financial officers, HR officers and supply-chain officers, and it also offers leadership services (board effectiveness, CEO succession, assessment and coaching), corporate transformation (carve-outs, cost and restructuring), organisation and culture work, and on-demand interim executives and project leaders.[17] As a private company since December 2025 it no longer publishes quarterly results, so no current scale figure was available for this ranking.
Heidrick & Struggles features
- CEO and board search
- Leadership consulting and succession
- On-demand interim talent
- Culture and team effectiveness work
- Global industry practices
- Executive search by function (AI, CFO, CHRO, supply chain)
- Leadership assessment and coaching
- On-demand interim executives
Heidrick & Struggles pricing
Retained search fees are agreed per assignment and are not published.
Heidrick & Struggles strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Second-largest published search revenue
- Interim talent and consulting alongside search
- Long track record
- Partner co-investment aligns incentives
- Combines search with interim and transformation services
- Functional search practices including AI leadership
Limitations
- No longer publishes results
- Private-equity ownership may change strategy
- Off-limits constraints
- Fees not published
- No longer publishes financial results
- Ownership change may bring restructuring
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