There are two distinct parts to the Booz Allen business. There is the government consulting. Then there is the commercial management consulting. These two businesses are very different in nature. The employees that work the two sides are also very different. This year, Booz Allen decided to separate these two parts into distinct companies. The government consulting side of the house kept the Booz Allen Hamilton company name. The commercial management consulting division became a new company named Booz & Company.The Carlyle Group, which is a private equity firm, made a $2.5B investment in Booz Allen Hamilton. They essentially became part owners of the government consulting company. In return, they obtained three seats on the board of directors for the company. Booz Allen itself will continue to hold three seats themselves.
Initially I had some concerns over the split. However I am finding that this really does not impact my day to day work here in the company. All of my benefits seemed to have remained the same. In fact, I previously had little to no contact with the commercial management consulting part of Booz Allen. I do not expect I shall have interaction with them in the future either. I guess the change was more of an ownership issue. As I am not a part owner in the company (you need to rise very high in the chain for that to happen), the split was a non-event for myself.
