Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of financial and operational consulting services, today announced that Gary E. Holdren, chairman and chief executive officer, will preside over the ringing of the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 to mark the Company’s 5-Year anniversary.
Huron was founded in May 2002 by a group of independent consultants. Since its founding, the Company has gone from revenues of $35.1 million in 2002 to $288.6 million in 2006. Huron has grown from 213 people in May 2002 to more than 1,200 people today. In October 2004, Huron went public trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker “HURN”. The Company also recently opened its first international office in Tokyo, Japan.
In addition, Huron was named the No. 1 fastest growing new business by Entrepreneur magazine in 2005, and again in 2006. Consulting Magazine alsonamed Huron one of the best consulting firms to work for in 2006.
A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.huronconsultinggroup.com or at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm from 8:20 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. Central Time (9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. Eastern Time) on Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients effectively address complex challenges that arise in litigation, disputes, investigations, regulatory compliance, procurement, financial distress, and other sources of significant conflict or change. The Company also helps clients deliver superior customer and capital market performance through integrated strategic, operational, and organizational change. Huron provides services to a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized businesses, leading academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and the law firms that represent these various organizations. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
