G100 Companies is a private partnership of boutique businesses that deliver solutions, advice, and forums for CEOs of the world’s leading companies.
The collective wisdom derived from more than 1,000 CEO engagements is concentrated among our intimate group of G100 Companies partners. We effectively serve today’s most sophisticated, influential CEOs because we are run and advised by them.
For more than a decade, we’ve engaged with CEOs of global companies on issues that matter most. Through our proprietary assignments and off-the-record discussions, we have identified four areas that high-performance organizations must master. We have built a partnership of businesses designed to address these issues for CEOs.
CEOs want more than a brand tagline. They want a compelling narrative about the future ambition of their company: why people would want to spend their money with you, work for you, let you operate in their communities, and invest with you. We help CEOs advance, protect, and position the ideas that matter most.
Now more than ever, strategy execution is where value is created or lost. Too few companies embrace and adopt digitally enabled business models and emerging tools and techniques to maximize growth. We help CEOs understand where and how to apply advanced analytics and digital technology to best grow their people, profits, and customer value.
Many companies struggle to understand what kind of leadership their business requires to drive success—and how to effectively implement it. We work with executives who aim not only to inspire others, but also to create more value in everything they do. By connecting leaders to ideas, solutions, and wisdom of the most influential CEOs, we help them thrive.
Human capital is the leading sustainable differentiator and biggest management opportunity of the next decade. We approach talent management and succession as vital parts of advancing business strategy and driving return on investment. The CEOs with whom we work view recruitment and talent development not as a matter of benefits and compensation, but rather as drivers of business.
Our companies share one common goal—to best serve our clients and put them in the greatest position to thrive
The preeminent executive peer to peer convening, learning, and development company
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Global services firm that transforms companies to enhance business outcomes (e.g., growth, profit, capability) through digital, analytics, and operations improvements
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Executive communications firm providing strategic communications, issue management, thought leadership, and market insights for leading companies and organizations
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Advisory firm that develops talent strategies for organizations, teams, and individuals—focusing on high-performance, world-class leadership
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What knits G100 Companies together?
We work with hundreds of the world’s leading CEOs, their senior leadership, and top investment firms.
The collective wisdom derived from 1,000+ CEO engagements is concentrated among our intimate group of G100 Companies partners, helping shape our ideas and work.
We bring an agile, iterative, and entrepreneurial mindset to solve problems, drawing on all of our various capabilities and lenses across our businesses.
Optimally designed service firms ensure that what matters most is taken care of swiftly and efficiently for CEOs and top leadership teams.
Scott Miller
CEO, G100 Companies
Scott is the former CEO of both Hyatt Hotels Corporation and United Infrastructure Company. Scott currently sits on the board of Snap Inc. and has served on the boards of publicly traded AXA Financial, Inc. as well as several private companies, and serves as a special adviser to General Atlantic Partners. Scott is also a member of the boards of the Aspen Community Foundation and The Kravis Leadership Institute.
David Niles
President, G100 Companies
David is President of SSA & Company and G100 Companies. Previously, David was a partner at Castling Group and Manager of GESD/Castling Investors—a $30 million venture fund—a Management Consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton, and Head of Business Development for BMG Direct Marketing, a $1 billion division of Bertelsmann AG. He holds an MBA with distinction from Columbia Business School, and a BA from the University of Virginia. David is the Chairman of the advisory board of the Deming Center for Quality and Competitiveness at Columbia Business School.
Daniel Casse
President, G100 and Managing Partner, High Lantern Group
Daniel has been an advisor to CEOs and their companies for over 15 years. He has coached CEOs on critical decisions, trained dozens of senior leaders on positioning their business, and drafted hundreds of high-stakes speeches, articles, and white papers on behalf of clients. He has led discussions with more than 100 CEOs, including Jack Welch, Henry Kravis, Barry Diller, A.G. Lafley, Ken Griffin, and Salman Khan.
Kendall Crolius
President, G100 Next Generation Leadership and G100 Talent Consortium
Kendall has extensive experience with global chief executives. She was General Manager of Forbes Conferences Group for five years, producing CEO conferences in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Prior to that, she led global accounts at advertising agencies J. Walter Thompson and McCann Erickson.
Stephen Miles
Founder & CEO, The Miles Group
Stephen was previously a Vice Chairman at Heidrick & Struggles and ran Leadership Advisory Services. With 20+ years of experience in assessment, executive coaching, top-level succession planning, organizational effectiveness, and strategy consulting, Stephen specializes in CEO succession and has partnered with numerous boards of global Fortune 500 companies to ensure that successful leadership selection and transition occurs. He has also led many Chairman successions and board effectiveness reviews, partnering with boards of directors to help them with their overall, committee, and individual director effectiveness.
Les Brun
Les is Chairman and CEO of Sarr Group. Previously, he was a Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations of CCMP Capital Advisors. Les also founded Hamilton Lane, the world’s leading Private Equity advisory and management firm. He is currently Chairman of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. and CDK Global, Inc., and Lead Director of Merck & Co., Inc. He serves on the Board of Corning Incorporated, NXT Capital, and is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Formerly, he was Chair of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. and Chair and board member of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Dave Fuente
David Fuente is currently Chairman Emeritus of G100 Companies and the former chairman and CEO of Office Depot and former president of Sherwin-Williams Paint Stores. In addition to his role as Chairman Emeritus of SSA & Company, he is a Senior Advisor at Peter J. Solomon Company. He formerly served on the boards of Office Depot, Ryder Transportation, Dicks Sporting Goods, Sunrise Senior Living, and Vitamin Shoppe. Dave holds both a BA and MBA from Purdue University.
Deb Henretta
Deb is a Partner at G100 Companies and spearheads SSA & Company’s Digital Transformation practice. As Global President of e-business at Procter & Gamble, Deb spent seven consecutive years on Fortune’s US and international rankings of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. Deb serves on the Board of Directors at Corning Inc., Meritage Homes Corporation, and privately held S.C. Johnson. Deb had a State Department appointment to and served as Chair of the Business Council of Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC). Deb has also previously served on the Board of Directors of Staples, Sprint, and the Singapore Economic Development Board.
Harry McMahon
Harry McMahon has been an Investment Banker for substantially all of his career, providing strategic solutions, financial advice, and transaction execution for corporations and institutions worldwide. He has served in many leadership roles during his 32 years at Merrill Lynch, including Executive Vice Chairman of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He currently serves on the Boards of California Resources Corp., Cottage Health System, and as a Trustee of Claremont McKenna College. He holds a BA and an Honorary Doctorate from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from University of Chicago.
Ron Sugar
Dr. Ronald D. Sugar is the former Chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman. Prior, he held senior operating, technical, and financial positions at TRW Inc. and Litton Industries. He serves on the boards of Apple Inc., Chevron Corporation, Amgen Inc., Air Lease Corporation and as senior advisor to Ares Management LLC, Bain & Co., and Singapore ‘s Temasek sovereign wealth fund. He is a trustee of USC, a member of UCLA Anderson School of Management board of advisors, director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, director of Alliance for College- Ready Public Schools, and national trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He received his BS, MS, and PhD from UCLA.
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