Marsh & McLennan acquired Kroll Inc. for $1.9 billion in July 2004, absorbing the ‘private CIA’ into a major insurance conglomerate. The acquisition represented the full corporatization of intelligence capabilities, with Kroll’s 3,000 employees in 65 offices worldwide …
Jules Kroll launches Kroll Associates in New York, building a pioneering commercial model for corporate investigations and risk consulting. Kroll recruited many former government investigators from intelligence agencies like the CIA, FBI, Mossad, and MI5. The firm became known as the “CIA of …