Hi there,
I am wondering if OW acquired OC&C? Recently saw they bought part of OC&C -- anybody has any clue of the acquisition/merger ?
Thanks!
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Oliver Wyman Acquired OC&C?
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You know, this is actually a very weird one. There's some reference to it happening, such as here:
https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/oliver-wyman-acquires-oc-c-strategy-consultants--7e0a6d7b
But there's just not a lot of real info on it or mention of it.
Now, it's possible they just bought OC&C Boston and Greater China as the below article suggests. Not positive as to whether it was a full acquisition or not.
https://www.oliverwyman.com/our-culture/our-values/our-history.html
But this seems to suggest EY wanted to buy them, but the courtship never really happened (the first link, crunchbase, is created off of an automated system so I wouldn;'t entirely trust it).
https://www.consultancy.uk/news/13591/ey-allegedly-moving-to-purchase-occ-strategy-consultants
My verdict: I'm fairly confident it is its own company
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