Founded in 1969, Russell Reynolds Associates is one of the leading executive search firms in the world. It maintains a network of more than 35 offices and employs a staff of over 275 professionals. The firm focuses on executive-level placement and recruits candidates for the leisure and hospitality, media and entertainment, and consumer products and services industries. Russell Reynolds Associates specializes in corporate officers staffing and employs individuals at the positions of financial, security, marketing, operating and information officers. It also hires employees for the natural resources, and pharmaceuticals and life sciences sectors. In addition, the firm places candidates in the real estate, insurance, human resource, and hardware and electronics industries. Russell Reynolds Associates maintains a location in Chicago.