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{{Infobox person
| name = Richard "Rich" Lesser
| image = Photo of Rich Lesser - World Economic Forum.JPG
| caption = Rich Lesser at the 2012 [[World Economic Forum]] in Davos
| birth_date = 1962
| occupation = [[Management Consultant]], [[Strategist]]
| citizenship = [[Americans|American]]
| title = [[CEO]]
| employer = [[Boston Consulting Group]]
| alma_mater = [[Harvard Business School]] ([[MBA]]) <br> [[University of Michigan]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
}}
'''Richard "Rich" Lesser''' (born 1962) is an American businessman currently serving as the [[CEO]] of American global management consultancy the [[Boston Consulting Group]] (BCG). He attended the [[University of Michigan]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://alumni.umich.edu/alumnus/notable-alumni/|title=Notable Alumni|work=Alumni Association of the University of Michigan|access-date=2017-08-22|language=en-US}}</ref> where he graduated with highest honors (''summa cum laude'') with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and then [[Harvard Business School]] as a [[Baker Scholar]].
==Career==
Lesser started his career as a process development engineer and group leader at [[Procter & Gamble]] after graduating from the [[University of Michigan, Ann Arbor]] in 1983. Following this, he attended [[Harvard Business School]] where he was named a Baker Scholar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=12485525&privcapId=135794 |title=Executive Profile: Richard I. Lesser |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=2013-03-17 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref>
In 1988, Lesser joined BCG as a consultant, and his client work focused on strategy, operations, leaderships, and large-scale transformation in the health care and consumer sectors. He was elected to partner in less than 10 years and served as the head of the firm's New York Metro offices from 2000 to 2009. In this period, the New York office became the firm's largest in the country, based on revenue and headcount. He was elected to the firm's Executive Committee in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/idUSnMKW72114a+1c0+MKW20130109|title=BCG Press Release |publisher=Thomson Reuters |date=2013-01-09 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref>
He has been active in efforts to redirect corporate and business unit strategy, streamline organizations, improve productivity, and ensure successful post-merger integration. He played a pivotal role in helping BCG become the only global management consulting firm to grow strongly through the 2008 recession.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consultingmag.com/article/ART631951|title=Top 25 Consultants, 2009: Rich Lesser |work=Consulting Magazine |date=2009-06-01 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref>
In 2009, Lesser was named BCG's Chairman for North and South America. In the same year, ''Consulting Magazine'' named him one of the industry's Top 25 most influential consultants for excellence in Healthcare. He spoke at the [[World Economic Forum]] and [[The New York Forum]], and wrote articles in the ''Harvard Business Review'' and ''BCG Perspectives''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcg.com/about_bcg/leadership/executive_committee.aspx#tcm127161|title=Executive Committee: Rich Lesser |publisher=The Boston Consulting Group|date=2013-01-22 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref>
In May 2012, he was named the successor of [[Hans-Paul Bürkner]] as the Global Chief Executive Officer of [[The Boston Consulting Group]] when Bürkner stepped down in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcg.com/media/pressreleasedetails.aspx?id=tcm:12-105846|title=The Boston Consulting Group Names Rich Lesser New President and CEO |publisher=The Boston Consulting Group |date=2012-05-20 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref> Since Lesser started in January 2013, the firm has opened nine new offices, including one in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], expanding the company's presence to 50 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bcg-continues-steady-growth-announces-231721903.html|title=BCG Continues Its Steady Growth and Announces Three New Offices |publisher=Yahoo! Finance |date=2012-04-10 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref> Lesser oversaw the launch of [[BCG Digital Ventures]], a global digital business-building firm; BCG Gamma, a cutting-edge advanced analytics and machine-learning team; and BCG TURN, a turnaround, restructuring, and transformation unit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boston-consulting-group-launches-bcg-170000414.html|title=The Boston Consulting Group Launches BCG Digital Ventures, a Digital Innovation, Product Development, and Commercialization Firm|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/06/13/1521063/0/en/BCG-Gamma-to-Launch-in-Canada.html|title=BCG Gamma to Launch in Canada|last=BCG|work=GlobeNewswire News Room|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/bcg-grows-by-14-in-2016-touches-5-6-billion-in-revenues/articleshow/57574614.cms|title=BCG grows by 14% in 2016 touches $5.6 billion in revenues|last=Dave|first=Sachin|date=2017-03-10|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref>
Rich Lesser is a member of several leading organizations, such as the [[World Economic Forum]]’s International Business Council, the US [[Business Roundtable]], and the Embankment Project for [[Inclusive capitalism|Inclusive Capitalism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/rich-lesser/|title=Authors|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessroundtable.org/about/members/rich-lesser|title=Rich Lesser {{!}} Business Roundtable|website=www.businessroundtable.org|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref> Recently, he spoke at the 2013 World Economic Forum regarding issues relating to Asia, South America, and Africa among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rich-lesser/decoding-the-signals-from_b_2561812.html|title=Rich Lesser: Decoding the 'Signals' From Davos |publisher=The Huffington Post |date=2013-01-27 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref> He has also sustained BCG’s strong investments in social impact through its many partnerships, including the [[World Food Programme]], [[Save the Children]], [[Teach For All|Teach for All,]] and the [[World Wildlife Fund]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wfp.org/stories/partner-profile-boston-consulting-group|title=UN World Food Programme|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.savethechildren.net/about%20us/our-corporate-partners/our-partnership-boston-consulting-group-bcg|title=Our partnership with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) {{!}} Save the Children International|work=Save the Children International|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcg.com/en-us/industries/social-impact/teach-for-all.aspx|title=Teach For All – BCG’s Global Social Impact Partner|website=https://www.bcg.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wwf.panda.org/get_involved/partner_with_wwf/business_partnerships/bcg/|title=The Boston Consulting Group|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en}}</ref>
In December 2016, Lesser joined a business forum assembled by then president-elect [[Donald J. Trump|Donald Trump]] to provide strategic and policy advice on economic issues.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bryan|first1=Bob|title=Trump is forming an economic advisory team with the CEOs of Disney, General Motors, JPMorgan, and more|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-strategic-and-policy-forum-includes-dimon-iger-schwarzman-2016-12|accessdate=1 June 2017|publisher=Business Insider|date=2 Dec 2016}}</ref>
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| before = [[Hans-Paul Bürkner]]
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| title = [[CEO]] <br>[[Boston Consulting Group]]|
| years = 2013–Present
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| before = Steve Gunby
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| title = [[Chairman]], North and South America <br>[[Boston Consulting Group]]|
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==References==
{{Reflist}}<!--added above External links/Sources by script-assisted edit-->
==Related pages==
* [[Boston Consulting Group|The Boston Consulting Group]]
* [[Hans-Paul Bürkner]]
==External links==
* [http://www.bcg.com/about_bcg/leadership/executive_committee.aspx#tcm127161 BCG Leadership Biography]
* [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=223834892 LinkedIn: Rich Lesser]
* [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=PT57nFnQ4WYC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=%22richard+lesser%22+boston+consulting+group&ots=j6-0QhfK6C&sig=AxZd3-NlDkg0r880O45fOgSa80c Own The Future: 50 Ways to Win (co-authored by Lesser)]
* [https://www.bcgperspectives.com/commentaries/author/126099?pageNumber=1 BCG Perspectives Profile]
* [http://live.wsj.com/video/bcg-boss-what-it-takes/C184BB1B-3DCA-4284-9A76-A5BA9AE3C904.html#!C184BB1B-3DCA-4284-9A76-A5BA9AE3C904 Wall Street Journal: What It Takes (Interview)]
* [http://www.weforum.org/contributors/rich-lesser World Economic Forum Profile]
* [http://www.bcg.com/documents/file133479.pdf Wall Street Journal Interview: Wrangling Big Issues to Draw Clients]
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[[Category:American management consultants]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Boston Consulting Group people]]
[[Category:Harvard Business School alumni]]
[[Category:University of Michigan alumni]]
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:American chief executives]]
| name = Richard "Rich" Lesser
| image = Photo of Rich Lesser - World Economic Forum.JPG
| caption = Rich Lesser at the 2012 [[World Economic Forum]] in Davos
| birth_date = 1962
| occupation = [[Management Consultant]], [[Strategist]]
| citizenship = [[Americans|American]]
| title = [[CEO]]
| employer = [[Boston Consulting Group]]
| alma_mater = [[Harvard Business School]] ([[MBA]]) <br> [[University of Michigan]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
}}
'''Richard "Rich" Lesser''' (born 1962) is an American businessman currently serving as the [[CEO]] of American global management consultancy the [[Boston Consulting Group]] (BCG). He attended the [[University of Michigan]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://alumni.umich.edu/alumnus/notable-alumni/|title=Notable Alumni|work=Alumni Association of the University of Michigan|access-date=2017-08-22|language=en-US}}</ref> where he graduated with highest honors (''summa cum laude'') with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and then [[Harvard Business School]] as a [[Baker Scholar]].
==Career==
Lesser started his career as a process development engineer and group leader at [[Procter & Gamble]] after graduating from the [[University of Michigan, Ann Arbor]] in 1983. Following this, he attended [[Harvard Business School]] where he was named a Baker Scholar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=12485525&privcapId=135794 |title=Executive Profile: Richard I. Lesser |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=2013-03-17 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref>
In 1988, Lesser joined BCG as a consultant, and his client work focused on strategy, operations, leaderships, and large-scale transformation in the health care and consumer sectors. He was elected to partner in less than 10 years and served as the head of the firm's New York Metro offices from 2000 to 2009. In this period, the New York office became the firm's largest in the country, based on revenue and headcount. He was elected to the firm's Executive Committee in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/idUSnMKW72114a+1c0+MKW20130109|title=BCG Press Release |publisher=Thomson Reuters |date=2013-01-09 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref>
He has been active in efforts to redirect corporate and business unit strategy, streamline organizations, improve productivity, and ensure successful post-merger integration. He played a pivotal role in helping BCG become the only global management consulting firm to grow strongly through the 2008 recession.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consultingmag.com/article/ART631951|title=Top 25 Consultants, 2009: Rich Lesser |work=Consulting Magazine |date=2009-06-01 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref>
In 2009, Lesser was named BCG's Chairman for North and South America. In the same year, ''Consulting Magazine'' named him one of the industry's Top 25 most influential consultants for excellence in Healthcare. He spoke at the [[World Economic Forum]] and [[The New York Forum]], and wrote articles in the ''Harvard Business Review'' and ''BCG Perspectives''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcg.com/about_bcg/leadership/executive_committee.aspx#tcm127161|title=Executive Committee: Rich Lesser |publisher=The Boston Consulting Group|date=2013-01-22 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref>
In May 2012, he was named the successor of [[Hans-Paul Bürkner]] as the Global Chief Executive Officer of [[The Boston Consulting Group]] when Bürkner stepped down in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcg.com/media/pressreleasedetails.aspx?id=tcm:12-105846|title=The Boston Consulting Group Names Rich Lesser New President and CEO |publisher=The Boston Consulting Group |date=2012-05-20 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref> Since Lesser started in January 2013, the firm has opened nine new offices, including one in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], expanding the company's presence to 50 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bcg-continues-steady-growth-announces-231721903.html|title=BCG Continues Its Steady Growth and Announces Three New Offices |publisher=Yahoo! Finance |date=2012-04-10 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref> Lesser oversaw the launch of [[BCG Digital Ventures]], a global digital business-building firm; BCG Gamma, a cutting-edge advanced analytics and machine-learning team; and BCG TURN, a turnaround, restructuring, and transformation unit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boston-consulting-group-launches-bcg-170000414.html|title=The Boston Consulting Group Launches BCG Digital Ventures, a Digital Innovation, Product Development, and Commercialization Firm|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/06/13/1521063/0/en/BCG-Gamma-to-Launch-in-Canada.html|title=BCG Gamma to Launch in Canada|last=BCG|work=GlobeNewswire News Room|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/bcg-grows-by-14-in-2016-touches-5-6-billion-in-revenues/articleshow/57574614.cms|title=BCG grows by 14% in 2016 touches $5.6 billion in revenues|last=Dave|first=Sachin|date=2017-03-10|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref>
Rich Lesser is a member of several leading organizations, such as the [[World Economic Forum]]’s International Business Council, the US [[Business Roundtable]], and the Embankment Project for [[Inclusive capitalism|Inclusive Capitalism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/rich-lesser/|title=Authors|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessroundtable.org/about/members/rich-lesser|title=Rich Lesser {{!}} Business Roundtable|website=www.businessroundtable.org|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref> Recently, he spoke at the 2013 World Economic Forum regarding issues relating to Asia, South America, and Africa among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rich-lesser/decoding-the-signals-from_b_2561812.html|title=Rich Lesser: Decoding the 'Signals' From Davos |publisher=The Huffington Post |date=2013-01-27 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref> He has also sustained BCG’s strong investments in social impact through its many partnerships, including the [[World Food Programme]], [[Save the Children]], [[Teach For All|Teach for All,]] and the [[World Wildlife Fund]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wfp.org/stories/partner-profile-boston-consulting-group|title=UN World Food Programme|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.savethechildren.net/about%20us/our-corporate-partners/our-partnership-boston-consulting-group-bcg|title=Our partnership with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) {{!}} Save the Children International|work=Save the Children International|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcg.com/en-us/industries/social-impact/teach-for-all.aspx|title=Teach For All – BCG’s Global Social Impact Partner|website=https://www.bcg.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wwf.panda.org/get_involved/partner_with_wwf/business_partnerships/bcg/|title=The Boston Consulting Group|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en}}</ref>
In December 2016, Lesser joined a business forum assembled by then president-elect [[Donald J. Trump|Donald Trump]] to provide strategic and policy advice on economic issues.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bryan|first1=Bob|title=Trump is forming an economic advisory team with the CEOs of Disney, General Motors, JPMorgan, and more|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-strategic-and-policy-forum-includes-dimon-iger-schwarzman-2016-12|accessdate=1 June 2017|publisher=Business Insider|date=2 Dec 2016}}</ref>
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| title = [[CEO]] <br>[[Boston Consulting Group]]|
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| after = —
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| before = Steve Gunby
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{{s-ttl
| title = [[Chairman]], North and South America <br>[[Boston Consulting Group]]|
| years = 2009–2012
}}
{{s-aft
| after = Pascal Cotte
}}
{{s-end}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}<!--added above External links/Sources by script-assisted edit-->
==Related pages==
* [[Boston Consulting Group|The Boston Consulting Group]]
* [[Hans-Paul Bürkner]]
==External links==
* [http://www.bcg.com/about_bcg/leadership/executive_committee.aspx#tcm127161 BCG Leadership Biography]
* [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=223834892 LinkedIn: Rich Lesser]
* [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=PT57nFnQ4WYC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=%22richard+lesser%22+boston+consulting+group&ots=j6-0QhfK6C&sig=AxZd3-NlDkg0r880O45fOgSa80c Own The Future: 50 Ways to Win (co-authored by Lesser)]
* [https://www.bcgperspectives.com/commentaries/author/126099?pageNumber=1 BCG Perspectives Profile]
* [http://live.wsj.com/video/bcg-boss-what-it-takes/C184BB1B-3DCA-4284-9A76-A5BA9AE3C904.html#!C184BB1B-3DCA-4284-9A76-A5BA9AE3C904 Wall Street Journal: What It Takes (Interview)]
* [http://www.weforum.org/contributors/rich-lesser World Economic Forum Profile]
* [http://www.bcg.com/documents/file133479.pdf Wall Street Journal Interview: Wrangling Big Issues to Draw Clients]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lesser, Rich}}
[[Category:American management consultants]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Boston Consulting Group people]]
[[Category:Harvard Business School alumni]]
[[Category:University of Michigan alumni]]
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:American chief executives]]
