Cambridge Consultants

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Cambridge Consultants
Type Private
Founded1960;63 years ago (1960)
HeadquartersCambridge, UK; Boston, MA, USA; Singapore; Tokyo
Area served
Worldwide
Services
Number of employees
900+ (2022)
Parent Capgemini
Website cambridgeconsultants.com

Cambridge Consultants, part of Capgemini Invent, develops products and services, creates and licenses intellectual property, and provides business consultancy in for clients. In 2021, Cambridge Consultants became part of Capgemini Invent.

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The company has offices in Cambridge (UK), Boston (USA), Tokyo and Singapore, and offers solutions across a range of industries including medical and life science, industrial and energy, consumer and retail, and communications and infrastructure. [1]

History

Cambridge Consultants was founded in 1960 by Tim Eiloart, Rodney Dale, and David Southward, three Cambridge University graduates. [2]

Initially, the company was privately run. In 1971, it became part of Arthur D. Little (ADL), an American management consultancy firm. [3] In 2002, following ADL's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Cambridge Consultants' was acquired by Altran, a global innovation and engineering consulting firm. [4] In 2020, Altran itself was acquired by Capgemini, [5] with Cambridge Consultants thus coming under the ownership of the French firm, and operating under the "Capgemini Invent" umbrella.

Notable spin-outs

Cambridge Consultants has been described as one of the founders of the Cambridge Cluster [6] and has spun out multiple $1bn+ companies, including:

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References

  1. "About Us". Cambridge Consultants. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. About Us at cambridgeconsultants.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. Cambridge Consultants Ltd Overview at vault.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. Arthur D. Little Consulting Firm Auctioned Off at pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  5. "Capgemini wins fight with Elliott over Altran bid". Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  6. Great Debt Owed to Cambridge Consultants at businessweekly.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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