Baird CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Baird?

The CEO of Baird is Steven Booth (Steve).

Q: Who is the founder of Baird?

Robert W. Baird & Co and Eric Baird founded Baird.

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Baird CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Steven Booth (Steve) is the Baird's CEO. Baird has 4,500 employees, of which 66 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Baird executive team is 14% female and 86% male.
66% of the management team is White.
11% of Baird management is Hispanic or Latino.
10% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Steven Booth (Steve)

Chairman & CEO

Steve Booth is Baird’s Chief Operating Officer and the Director of Investment Banking overseeing Baird's global corporate finance and M&A activities. Steve also co-manages Baird's Equity Capital Markets Group and is a member of the board of directors and Executive Committee of Robert W. Baird & Co. Steve has extensive experience originating and directing M&A and equity financing transactions in a wide variety of industries. Before heading Baird's Investment Banking Group, Steve had previously led its Global M&A business and prior to that, its Industrials Group. Prior to joining Baird in 1994, Steve was at Kidder, Peabody & Co. in its Chicago Corporate Finance Office. Steve received his MM degree, with distinction, from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a BBA in Finance and a BA in Economics, magna cum laude, from Southern Methodist University.

Robert W. Baird & Co

Founder

Eric Baird

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Executive

Terrance Maxwell

Board Member

Terrance Maxwell is a Chief Financial Officer at Baird.

Mary Ellen Stanek

Board Member

Mary Ellen Stanek is a Chief Investment Officer at Baird.

Rodney L. Jones-Tyson

Chief Risk Officer

Rodney L. Jones-Tyson is a Chief Risk Officer at Baird.

Brian S. Doyal

Board Member

Timothy Byrne

Chief Information Officer

Timothy Byrne is a Chief Information Officer at Baird.

Brian McDonagh

Board Member

C. H. Randolph Lyon

Vice Chairman

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Name & TitleBio

Robert W. Baird & Co

Founder

Eric Baird

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Executive

Baird board members

Name & TitleBio

Terrance Maxwell

Board Member

Terrance Maxwell is a Chief Financial Officer at Baird.

Mary Ellen Stanek

Board Member

Mary Ellen Stanek is a Chief Investment Officer at Baird.

Rodney L. Jones-Tyson

Chief Risk Officer

Rodney L. Jones-Tyson is a Chief Risk Officer at Baird.

Brian S. Doyal

Board Member

Timothy Byrne

Chief Information Officer

Timothy Byrne is a Chief Information Officer at Baird.

Brian McDonagh

Board Member

Erik Dahlberg

President of PWM

Jon Langenfeld

Board Member

Laura Thurow

Board Member

Patrick S. Lawton

Board Member

Baird leadership demographics

Baird gender distribution in management team

The Baird executive team is 14% female and 86% male.
Baird is 50% female and 50% male company-wide.

Male

86%

Company-wide: 50%

Female

14%

Company-wide: 50%

Baird executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Baird executive officers is White.
66% of the management team is White.
11% of Baird's management is Hispanic or Latino.
10% of the management team is Black or African American.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
69% of employees are White.
12% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
10% of employees are Black or African American.

Management team
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What employees say about the executives at Baird

Employee reviews

5.0

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Pros of working at Baird

Company culture, work life balance, and flat corporate structure. There is great focus on personal development and individual stake in the company; as evidenced by a terrific company stock program

Cons of working at Baird

Location. Milwaukee has harsh winters and suffers from the usual problems of a major urban center. Although there are many conveniences and benefits to working in a big city the congestion and crime outweigh them.

Baird benefits

Remote work. Being able to avoid traffic, parking costs, and having the ability to take care of home needs; without losing productivity is a real blessing.

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Updated November 18, 2022

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