OPERATIONAL SERVICES Sanctions Clear

McKinsey & Company

mckinsey.com Updated Oct 25, 2026 Quality: 100/100

Strategic intent

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that provides high-level strategic, operational, technological, and organizational advisory services to corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide.

Key market signals

2026-07: McKinsey appoints Andrew Pickersgill as its first independent board chair, separating the role from global managing partner Bob Sternfels in a major governance overhaul.
2026-04: McKinsey and Google Cloud launch the McKinsey Google Transformation Group to scale enterprise AI transformations using Google Cloud's AI stack.
2026-02: McKinsey enters an agreement to sell MIO Partners, its $26 billion in-house investment and wealth manager, to Neuberger Berman.
2026-04: McKinsey and applied-AI scale-up Wonderful announce a strategic collaboration to help clients deploy agentic AI at scale.
2025-09: S&P Global subsidiary Crisil acquires McKinsey PriceMetrix Co., a leading wealth management benchmarking and analytics provider.

Financial health

McKinsey is a privately held partnership owned by its senior partners and does not publish public quarterly or annual financial statements.
The firm generated a record estimated revenue of approximately $16 billion in 2023, with Forbes continuing to list this figure as of August 2026 (source: https://www.forbes.com/companies/mckinsey-company/).
In December 2025, McKinsey initiated a plan to reduce non-client-facing headcount by approximately 10% over 18 to 24 months to streamline support functions following flatlined revenue growth (source: https://www.carriermanagement.com/news/2025/12/17/275389.htm).

Impact & compliance

Social Impact Modern Slavery Statement (2024) Sector Risk: low Scope 3: HIGH THIRD_PARTY_ASSURED

Legal & risks

On December 5, 2024, McKinsey and Company Africa (Pty) Ltd entered a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $122.85 million fine to resolve a DOJ investigation into a conspiracy to violate the FCPA's anti-bribery provisions in South Africa between 2012 and 2016. On December 13, 2024 […]

Forensic audit — 2 findings

⚠ In August 2025, the Supreme Court of New York County dismissed a lawsuit brought by former expert associate partner Anti...
⚠ On June 25, 2026, the British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed McKinsey's appeal from an order certifying a Canada-wid...

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