{
  "report": "Board and C-Suite Search: What The Shortlist Report Finds",
  "url": "https://www.shortlistreport.com/article/executive-search-enterprise-and-board",
  "question": "Who runs board and chief executive searches?",
  "engine": "ChatGPT",
  "sampleSize": 55,
  "windowStart": "2026-08-11",
  "windowEnd": "2026-08-19",
  "published": "2026-08-11",
  "updated": "2026-08-19",
  "publisher": "The Shortlist Report",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "note": "responses = number of sampled responses naming the firm. share = responses / sampleSize, as a percentage. A firm is counted once per response regardless of how many times it is named in it.",
  "firms": [
    {
      "name": "Spencer Stuart",
      "domain": "spencerstuart.com",
      "tier": 1,
      "responses": 46,
      "share": 83.6
    },
    {
      "name": "Russell Reynolds Associates",
      "domain": "russellreynolds.co",
      "tier": 2,
      "responses": 39,
      "share": 70.9
    },
    {
      "name": "Korn Ferry",
      "domain": "kornferry.com",
      "tier": 2,
      "responses": 37,
      "share": 67.3
    },
    {
      "name": "Egon Zehnder",
      "domain": "egonzehnder.com",
      "tier": 2,
      "responses": 35,
      "share": 63.6
    },
    {
      "name": "Heidrick & Struggles",
      "domain": null,
      "tier": 2,
      "responses": 35,
      "share": 63.6
    },
    {
      "name": "ON Partners",
      "domain": null,
      "tier": 3,
      "responses": 15,
      "share": 27.3
    },
    {
      "name": "DHR Global",
      "domain": null,
      "tier": 3,
      "responses": 12,
      "share": 21.8
    },
    {
      "name": "True",
      "domain": null,
      "tier": 3,
      "responses": 10,
      "share": 18.2
    },
    {
      "name": "Boyden",
      "domain": "boyden.com",
      "tier": 3,
      "responses": 9,
      "share": 16.4
    },
    {
      "name": "Odgers Berndtson",
      "domain": "odgersberndtson.com",
      "tier": 3,
      "responses": 9,
      "share": 16.4
    }
  ]
}