Baird Facts

Founded in 1919, Baird is an independent and employee-owned international financial services firm with more than $560 billion in client assets.1

With offices in Europe and the United States, Baird provides investment banking, private equity and equity research to institutions and corporations around the world. 

Overview

  • Revenues – Baird’s 2025 revenues were $3.8 billion.2 
  • Global Reach – Baird has approximately 5,400 employees and operating resources working from more than 200 locations in Europe and the United States.
  • History – Founded in 1919, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
  • Ownership – Baird is employee-owned, privately held and independent. About 80% of our employees own Baird stock.

Senior Executive

  • Steven G. Booth, Chairman & CEO

Global Structure and Success

Baird’s complementary businesses help diversify and balance revenue through all types of market conditions and have enabled us to achieve great outcomes for our clients. 

Baird Capital 
Baird Capital makes growth equity to buyout investments in founder-led, lower middle-market transatlantic B2B technology & services companies.

  • More than 35 investment, operating and support professionals across the U.S. and U.K.  
  • 40 active portfolio companies have over 14,600 employees and combined annual revenues of more than $2 billion.

Global Investment Banking
Baird’s Global Investment Banking group provides comprehensive and global M&A, debt advisory and equity financing services to companies, entrepreneurs, and private equity and venture capital firms around the world.

  • An integrated global team of more than 545 associates advises M&A, equity and debt advisory transactions. 
  • Strong emphasis in the Industrial, Consumer, Healthcare, and Technology & Services sectors.

Institutional Equities & Research 
Baird’s Institutional Equities & Research team delivers expertise in research, sales and trading to domestic and international institutions.

  • More than 710 companies under research coverage. 
  • Baird arranged more than 25,000 company-investor connections in 2025.

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated. Please visit our website at bairdeurope.com for important information. 

“Baird” is the marketing name for Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Robert W. Baird Limited (RWBL) and Baird Capital Partners Europe Limited (BCPE) are authorized and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (registered numbers are 124308 and 150154, respectively). RWBL and BCPE have approved this information for distribution in the UK and Europe. 

1 Assets as of 31 December 2025. 

2 Financial results do not reflect the consolidation of certain private equity partnerships.