# Korn Ferry

> Korn Ferry is a Los Angeles-based global consulting company that connects organizational strategy with the people needed to execute it. Founded as an executive-search boutique in 1969, it now sells executive and professional recruiting, recruitment process outsourcing, organization design, assessment and succession, rewards advice, leadership development, and a subscription software platform called Korn Ferry Talent Suite. Its distinctive asset is the combination of consultants, behavioral science, proprietary methods, and more than 12 billion data points that can be applied from the boardroom to enterprise-wide workforce decisions.

- **Founded:** 1969
- **Headquarters:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Founders:** Lester B. Korn (Co-founder), Richard M. Ferry (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** More than 10,000 colleagues as of 2026; LinkedIn lists the company in its 10,001+ employee band.
- **Products:** Korn Ferry Talent Suite, Executive Search, Professional Search & Interim, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Organization Strategy
- **Notable:** Reported record fiscal 2026 fee revenue of $2.9075 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $497.8 million., Worked with 94% of the S&P 100 and 82% of the S&P 500 across fiscal 2025 and 2026., Named a Founding Partner and Official Talent & Organizational Consulting Partner of LA28 and Team USA in 2026.

## Products & services

- **Korn Ferry Talent Suite** — A unified SaaS platform that connects hiring, assessment, job architecture, listening, learning, sales effectiveness, pay, coaching and selection around shared Success Profiles.
- **Executive Search** — Retained recruitment for boards, CEOs and senior executives, supported by global industry specialists and leadership assessment.
- **Professional Search & Interim** — Permanent professional recruitment and on-demand interim talent across functions such as finance, technology, HR and operations.
- **Recruitment Process Outsourcing** — Multi-year, large-scale recruiting programs and workforce buildouts operated for enterprise clients.
- **Organization Strategy** — Organization design, job and career architecture, culture and change, people strategy, executive-team effectiveness and sales effectiveness consulting.
- **Assessment & Succession** — Evidence-based assessments of performance, potential, readiness and fit, plus succession planning and leadership-pipeline design.
- **Total Rewards** — Compensation strategy, benchmarking, job evaluation, pay equity and benefits advice informed by global remuneration data.
- **Leadership & Professional Development** — Executive coaching, scalable learning, certifications, simulations and role-based development journeys.
- **Board & CEO Services** — Board effectiveness, CEO succession, executive onboarding and top-team advisory services.
- **Business Transformation** — Consulting that connects operating strategy, workforce design, change and performance improvement.

## Achievements

- Reported record fiscal 2026 fee revenue of $2.9075 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $497.8 million.
- Worked with 94% of the S&P 100 and 82% of the S&P 500 across fiscal 2025 and 2026.
- Named a Founding Partner and Official Talent & Organizational Consulting Partner of LA28 and Team USA in 2026.
- Ranked No. 1 in the Americas for executive recruiting by Forbes and Statista in 2026, a top ranking achieved in nine of ten years.
- Recognized as a Leader in Everest Group's 2026 global RPO Services PEAK Matrix assessment.
- Built a proprietary evidence base exceeding 12 billion data points on people and organizations.
- Opened more than 6,500 executive-search engagements in fiscal 2026.
- The Korn Ferry Hay Method of job evaluation is used by half of the world's largest organizations, according to the company.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Korn Ferry detailed its expanding LA28 assignment, moving from executive recruitment into team building, leadership development and workforce planning for a workforce expected to approach 5,000.
- **2026-07** — Forbes and Statista ranked Korn Ferry Canada's best executive recruiter and a leading professional search firm.
- **2026-06** — Korn Ferry agreed to acquire AMS from OMERS Private Equity for approximately £850 million, or about $1.1 billion, subject to regulatory clearance.
- **2026-06** — The company reported fiscal 2026 fee revenue of $2.9075 billion, up 7%, and net income attributable to Korn Ferry of $277.4 million.
- **2026-01** — Korn Ferry launched the unified Talent Suite, bringing its talent applications, proprietary data, analytics and AI onto one SaaS platform.
- **2026-01** — Korn Ferry became a Founding Partner and the Official Talent & Organizational Consulting Partner of LA28 and Team USA.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kornferry.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kornferry
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Korn_Ferry
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kornferryintl
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kornferry/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KornFerry

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Last updated: 2026-08-11