Booz Allen History

Building on our legacy as a trusted partner for defense, national security, and civil space missions, we play an integral role in launching the U.S. Space Force. 

Protecting vehicles on the road in real time, we develop a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity information sharing and analysis center for the auto industry. 

Booz Allen, assisted by the Carlyle Group, goes public with a $238 million offering under the ticker symbol BAH.

Booz Allen creates the blueprint for the Department of Homeland Security, anticipating our country’s future needs. 

Booz Allen supports the design and launch of Unity, the first U.S.-built component of the International Space Station.  

Booz Allen contributes to the design of the Hubble Space Telescope. 

London-based VP Keith Oliver develops the concept of supply chain management while working with Dutch electronics giant Philips. 

Booz Allen helps the United States win the race to the moon, providing a technical strategy for Apollo 11​’​​'​s command module Columbia. 

Booz Allen helps engineer the merger between the NFL and AFL. 

We establish a presence in Hawaii, working with Kamehameha Schools to develop a strategy for the future. Decades later, we assist in Indo-Pacific missions with clients like U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). Our President and Chief Executive Horacio Rozanski visits the region in 2015, and today we have roughly 700 staff in the region, with plans to grow.   

Booz Allen develops the PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) process. PERT becomes the basis for all future program management software. 

We create Booz Allen Applied Research (BAAR-INC). Focusing on technical consulting and government contracting, BAAR-INC foreshadows modern Booz Allen. 

Booz Allen opens a Washington, DC, office to serve primarily U.S. federal government clients.  

Drawing on our heritage of people-centered solutions, James Allen publishes one of the first articles on human capital, a company’s “most valuable asset.” 

The U.S. Navy hires Booz Allen, beginning our long relationship. We assist the Navy before and during World War II, empowering the Navy to double in size. 

Carl Hamilton writes Booz Allen’s original code of ethics, among the first of any U.S. company. Its 10 principles shape our core values today. 

James L. Allen joins the company. Major clients at the time include Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Montgomery Ward, and the Chicago Tribune. 

James Allen coins the phrase “management consulting,” helping pioneer the field.  

Fusing management theory with the emergent field of psychology, Edwin George Booz founds The Business Research Service—what would eventually become Booz Allen.