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Egon Zehnder International Ltd. is a global management consulting and executive search firm. Egon Zehnder is the world's largest privately held executive search firm and the third largest executive search and talent strategy firm globally with an annual revenue of CHF 804 million.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Egon Zehnder International Ltd. is a global management consulting and executive search firm. Egon Zehnder is the world's largest privately held executive search firm and the third largest executive search and talent strategy firm globally with an annual revenue of CHF 804 million.2
The firm was founded in 1964 by Egon P.S. Zehnder. In 1992, Zehnder, who at the time was 62, had transitioned out of running the firm and that A. Daniel Meiland, who had been the firm's regional director for North America, would be named chairman of the executive committee and chief executive officer.
By 2000, Egon Zehnder was the largest executive search firm in Europe.
From Wikipedia’s article on Egon Zehnder, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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