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About Focus Search Partners, A Vaco Company
Founded in 2001, Focus Search Partners was acquired by Vaco in 2014 to become the retainedexecutive search division of Vaco, a global talent solutions firm. With 35+ team members and
13 partners across nine states, Focus Search Partners specializes in building teams to grow
companies, focusing on recruiting board members, executives, and senior-level individuals. For
more information, visit focussearchpartners.com.
About Vaco
Vaco delivers critical talent solutions to our clients by providing consulting, project resources,
executive search, direct hire and strategic staffing solutions with expertise in accounting and
finance, technology and operations. In addition to Vaco, our family of brands includes
MorganFranklin Consulting, a methodology-driven global consulting platform; Pivot Point
Consulting, a best in KLAS healthcare IT solutions provider; and Focus Search Partners, a
retained executive search practice. Since its founding in 2002, Vaco has grown to serve more
than 12,000 clients across the globe with 10,000 employees. Vaco has been named to Inc.
magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies for the past 15 years and was named
to Forbes’ 2018-2021 lists of America’s Best Recruiting Firms.