The story
Founded by Hermann Simon in 1985, in Bonn.1
Simon-Kucher was founded by Hermann Simon and his doctoral students, Eckhard Kucher and Karl-Heinz Sebastian, in Bonn in 1985. At the time, Simon was a professor at the University of Bielefeld.
In 1996, Simon-Kucher became the first independent German consultancy to establish a subsidiary abroad when the firm opened an office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This was the beginning of Simon-Kucher's international expansion with new offices opening annually, starting with Paris, Zurich, Tokyo, and Munich. The firm is led by a board, consisting of nine partners from different countries and offices. Dr. Gunnar Clausen and Joerg Kruetten are the company's Co-CEOs since 1 January 2025. Dr. Andreas von der Gathen and Mark Billige were Co-CEOs from 2020 to 2024. Dr. Georg Tacke was CEO since 2009, when Hermann Simon stepped down as board chairman, a position that he had held since 1995.
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