This is how Germany’s top consultants gain the trust of their clients

Dusseldorf In hardly any other industry is it as important to gain the trust of corporate bosses and entrepreneurial dynasties as it is among strategy consultants. Read how the most important names in the industry in Germany became what they are today. Cliffhanger: Not everyone works at McKinsey or Boston Consulting.

Michael Brigl, Boston Consulting Group

There were times when Michael Brigl “looked” at up to 100 companies per month. He analyzed their numbers, business models, competition conditions and markets and, on this basis, thought about how he could turn “a good company into an excellent company”. With this hard work in the mid and late noughties he laid the foundation for his career.