In 2013, Bright Horizons acquired kidsunlimited, which included 64 nurseries. In 2013, the company acquired EdLink, LLC out of Chicago, IL to further expand the EdAssist Solutions group to expand the existing Tuition Advisory Services group, which would later be re-branded as the EdAssist Solutions group.
In 2011, the company acquired EdAssist, Inc. In April 2009, the British-based childcare group Teddies Nurseries was bought from Bupa. In 2006, Bright Horizons acquired College Coach, a college advising company. In 2013, Bright Horizons went public for the second time on the New York Stock Exchange, with stock symbol BFAM Notable Acquisitions In 2010, the company launched Tuition Advisory Services, an employer solution working with employers to take a more strategic approach to their tuition reimbursement programs. In 2008, the company returned to its roots as a private company in partnership with Bain Capital. During his tenure as CEO, he was responsible for the company’s international expansion. He became executive chairman in January 2018.
Today, the company’s internal training platform – Mary Ann Tocio University (MATU) – is named after her.ĭavid Lissy served for 17 years as chief executive officer beginning in 2002. She retired in July 2015 and remains on the Board of Directors. In 2000, Mary Ann Tocio was named president and chief operating officer of BH. Kramer becomes CEO of Bright Horizons in 2018. College Coach founder and CEO Stephen Kramer joins the Bright Horizons executive team. In 2006, college advising company College Coach was acquired by Bright Horizons. In 2006, the Back-Up Care Advantage program was established to provide in-home back-up child, and elder care. īright Horizons began offering center-based back-up child care in 1992 with the first standalone back-up child care center for Chase Manhattan Bank. The 500th center opened in 2003 – the Child Care Center at Citibank Service Center in San Antonio, Texas. That year, London-based Nurseryworks and Dublin-based Circle of Friends become part of the Bright Horizons family, making it a global company. In 2000, the company moved its headquarters to Watertown, Massachusetts. The company is named to FORTUNE Magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work for in America” for the first time, and would go on to make the list a total of 18 times between 19. īright Horizons and Corporate Family Solutions merged in 1998 to form Bright Horizons Family Solutions, and changed their NASDAQ ticker symbol from BRHZ to BFAM.
In 1997, the company conducts a successful IPO and goes public as BRHZ. In 1987, the first two Bright Horizons child care centers were opened at the Prudential Center in Boston and at One Kendall Square in Cambridge, both on the same day.Īfter acquiring Cornerstone West, Bright Horizons expanded to California in 1993.įounders Roger Brown and Linda Mason were named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young in 1996. Mason and Brown's Cambridge home was used as the company headquarters. Notable acquisitions since 2006 include College Coach, EdAssist Solutions, EdLink, the nursery operators Kidsunlimited and Asquith Court and the childcare group Teddies Nurseries, Sittercity, an online marketplace for family solutions, and GP Strategies.īright Horizons Children's Centers, Inc. It is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts. It also provides back-up child care and elder care, tuition program management, education advising, and student loan repayment programs. Bright Horizons is a United States–based child-care provider and is the largest provider of employer-sponsored child care.
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