High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A.T. Kearney is a global management consulting firm, focusing on strategic and operational CEO-agenda issues for the world`s leading organizations across all major industries and sectors. It was founded in 1926 as McKinsey & Company, and its head office has remained ever since in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is regularly ranked in Consulting Magazine’s annual list of the "Best Firms to Work For" and among the Top 10 in the Vault Consulting 50 rankings.