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Spencer Stuart company history timeline

1956

Spencer Stuart was founded in 1956 and is the leading privately-held, global executive search firm.

1958

By 1958, business was booming and Stuart had spent more time on international assignments than working in the United States.

1960

By 1960, the company had completed executive search assignments in over 25 countries, including Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, England, France, Italy, Brazil, Venezuela, and other countries throughout Europe and South America.

1961

By 1961, new offices in London and New York were opened to meet the rapidly growing demand for the company's services.

1969

Near the end of 1969, Stuart implemented an international management group within the company to improve worldwide communications among satellite offices and, at the same time, to prepare for his own departure.

1973

By 1973, the company had nine offices in the United States, Europe, and Australia, staffed with approximately 55 full-time executive search consultants.

1974

In 1974, "Spence" Stuart retired from the business he had founded.

1976

Thomas J. Neff began working at the company in 1976 and three years later was named its president.

1980

1980s - By 1980, executive search had established itself as a major service business.

2000

2000 to the Present Day - The decade started with a series of traumatic events.

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