Corporate Family Solutions
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions is a United States
-based child-care provider and is the largest provider of employer-sponsored child care. It is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts
.
The current company is the result of a merger in 1998 between Massachusetts
-based Bright Horizons (founded in 1986 by Linda Mason and Roger Brown) and Corporate Family Solutions (founded in 1987 by Bob Keeshan
, former Tennessee Governor and current U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander
and Marguerite Sallee).
In 2008, Bright Horizons Family Solutions was named for the ninth time to Fortune Magazine's annual "100 Best Places to Work in America." Bright Horizons continues to be named on the list for the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth time in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Bright Horizons operates more than 700 child care centers worldwide, more than 550 across the U.S. and more than 100 in the UK and Ireland. The company also operates centers in Canada and Puerto Rico. Bright Horizons child care centers are typically sponsored by major employers and operated for employees of the sponsoring companies. Their clients include nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies, as well as other corporations, hospitals, universities, government agencies, and service firms. In addition to its core service of child care the company offers back-up child care and elder care, operates six elementary schools and offers college admissions counseling through its College Coach division.
The Advisory Board includes scholars and practitioners such as Ed Schein and Stew Friedman The company was publicly traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol: BFAM until it was acquired by Bain Capital
in May 2008.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based child-care provider and is the largest provider of employer-sponsored child care. It is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts
Watertown, Massachusetts
The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,915 at the 2010 census.- History :Archeological evidence suggests that Watertown was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from England...
.
The current company is the result of a merger in 1998 between Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
-based Bright Horizons (founded in 1986 by Linda Mason and Roger Brown) and Corporate Family Solutions (founded in 1987 by Bob Keeshan
Bob Keeshan
Robert James "Bob" Keeshan was an American television producer and actor. He is most notable as the title character of the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which became an icon for millions of people during its 30-year run from 1955 to 1984.Keeshan also played the original...
, former Tennessee Governor and current U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
Andrew Lamar Alexander is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and Conference Chair of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H. W...
and Marguerite Sallee).
In 2008, Bright Horizons Family Solutions was named for the ninth time to Fortune Magazine's annual "100 Best Places to Work in America." Bright Horizons continues to be named on the list for the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth time in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Bright Horizons operates more than 700 child care centers worldwide, more than 550 across the U.S. and more than 100 in the UK and Ireland. The company also operates centers in Canada and Puerto Rico. Bright Horizons child care centers are typically sponsored by major employers and operated for employees of the sponsoring companies. Their clients include nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies, as well as other corporations, hospitals, universities, government agencies, and service firms. In addition to its core service of child care the company offers back-up child care and elder care, operates six elementary schools and offers college admissions counseling through its College Coach division.
The Advisory Board includes scholars and practitioners such as Ed Schein and Stew Friedman The company was publicly traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol: BFAM until it was acquired by Bain Capital
Bain Capital
Bain Capital LLC is a Boston-based private equity firm founded in 1984 by partners from the consulting firm Bain & Company. Originally conceived as an early-stage, growth-oriented investment fund, Bain Capital today manages approximately $65 billion in assets, and its strategies include private...
in May 2008.