A.T. Kearney
The origins of the firm begin with Andrew Thomas Kearney, the first partner at McKinsey &amp; Company. Kearney was hired in 1929 by James McKinsey. Upon McKinsey's sudden death in 1937, the remaining partners disagreed on how to best run the firm and by 1939, they had split into three organizations: Scovell, Wellington &amp; Company, the accounting practice run by Oliver Wellington; McKinsey, Kearney &amp; Company, the Chicago consulting office run by Tom Kearney; and McKinsey &amp; Company, run by Marvin Bower. In 1947, Bower purchased the rights to the McKinsey name from Kearney, and Tom renamed the firm after himself, creating A.T. Kearney and Company. In 1972, the name was shortened to A.T. Kearney.