the very first thing paul marsden and adrian kinnersley decided on were the values of the business. they wanted "life's short" "crystal clear" and "be eclectic" to be at the heart of the business from the very beginning
in september, the same month that lehman brothers collapses, paul and adrian register twenty as a business
paul and adrian finalise their goal to build an innovative global brand where every employee can become a share option holder
in october 2008, paul and adrian begin searching for ‘rainmaker’ recruiters with an advert in the iconic sunday times
after massive stock market losses, the world plunges into global financial turmoil
as the year progresses, the global economy continues to shrink which results in a dramatic loss of jobs across the world
barack obama wins this historic US election by becoming the first african american to have been elected as president
2009
during march and april, we launch our energy technology and financial services brands in the UK
we conclude the first year of trading with a c. £1m turnover
throughout the year, we have to move offices three times due to the rapid growth of the business
in january, barack obama takes office as the 44th president of the united states
after the financial turmoil throughout 2008, the global recession continues into 2009
as a backlash to the global recession, there are large scale anti-capitalism protests outside the G20 summit
in december, bernard madoff, founder of the wall street firm bernard madoff investment admits that the wealth management arm of his business was an elaborate ponzi scheme
2010
as a consequence of continued growth, we move into an office on lothbury behind the bank of england
nick careless joins twenty, bringing his vast international recruitment experience, to set up our financial services brand in new york
after another fantastic year, we finish 2010 in excess of £3.5m turnover and with over £100k profit
the UK elects their first coalition government since 1940, as david cameron and nick clegg become prime minister and deputy prime minister respectively
an icelandic volcano eruption causes the largest disruption to air traffic since the second world war and leads to the closure of most of europe’s airspace for 6 days
2011
after the rapid success and growth of the UK office, we build and move into our new london hq
after an initial year establishing the new york office, we officially launch twenty in new york
the london business school approach twenty and request to create a case study on twenty’s innovative management style
after another fantastic year, we win the “start-ups” award for best service business in the UK
we finish the year with a turn over in excess of £7m and 30 recruiters working in the business. we manage to achieve such rapid growth whilst still being profitable and sustainable business
in april, prince william and kate middleton are married in front of the world’s cameras. the day is declared a public holiday in the UK with over 100 million people tuning in to watch the ceremony around the world
the co-founder, former chief executive and visionary behind the US technology giant apple, steve jobs, dies in october
after years of political and economic upheaval across the globe, there are a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across the middle east and become known as the arab spring
2012
after the success of twenty financial services in new york, we launch our digital brand stateside
the personalised twenty pool table arrives in the london hq
our success is marked as we appear in the recruiter hot 100 – a list that ranks the recruitment companies that have the greatest profit per employee
adrian is named a “young gun” by the start-up awards, which is a national celebration of young entrepreneurs in the UK
we end the year with a £9m turnover and 750% growth in our profit
london is at the centre of the sporting world as it plays host to the 2012 olympics and paralympic games
gangnam style, the k-pop single by psy, takes over the world reaching number one in over thirty countries and is hailed as a “force for world peace” by UN secretary-general ban ki-moon
after four years as president of the united states of america, barack obama is re-elected as president for a second term
2013
after another record-breaking year in 2012, our top performers across the business enjoyed a ski trip in chamonix
to make room for our growing team, we move into larger new york office with amazing views of manhattan
the team in the new york complete tough mudder for charity
prince george, the first child of william and kate, is born in july making him third in line for the british throne
airbnb and uber start to change the face of the sharing economy across the globe
edward snowden, a former employee of the CIA and the american government, leaks national secrets about USA surveillance programmes and then flees to russia to seek political asylum
2014
2014 starts with a bang with a record breaking month and quarter
all of the staff at twenty celebrate their success, with go-karting in london and ten-pin bowling in new york
records continue to be broken, as in 2014, we achieve the best ever turnover, fee income and profit to date for twenty
the ice bucket challenge goes viral around the world raising over 100 million pounds and awareness for ALS/motor neurone disease
one world trade center re-opens thirteen years after the twin towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack
continuing with the theme of uncertainty in the world, gwyneth paltrow and chris martin consciously uncoupled after their ten year marriage
2015
twenty sustains record-breaking figures as turnover exceeds £13m and profits are just shy of £1m for the year
with the next stage of growth in headcount underway, there is a rapid increase in numbers in both our london and new york offices
james warren joins as european managing director, bringing with him extensive experience in recruitment to support the organic and rapid development of the brands across the european markets
following the success of our digital brand in new york, we launch digital in the UK
after our ambitious targets are exceeded, we take the whole company to spain for a long weekend
england is under the sporting spotlight once again, hosting the rugby world cup
a landmark ruling by the supreme court leads to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in every state in america
cuba and the united states re-establish full diplomatic relations after 54 years of hostility
2016
after a fantastic year of growth in 2015, our top performers in the company enjoy an all-expenses paid trip to miami
we had our first cohort of managers promoted that had come through our consultant academy
we have another record breaking year, with record turnover, NFI and profit numbers
41 years after joining, the UK makes a historic decision, after a public referendum, to exit the european union
after the resignation of david cameron, theresa may is elected as the prime minister of the united kingdom after a leadership election that lasted just over two weeks
team USA and team GB come first and second in the rio 2016 olympics medal table
in one of the biggest political surprises of the past century, donald trump is elected the 45th president of the united states
2017
we just keep growing. we took on our largest ever graduate intakes in london and new york
our top performers from london and new york hit the slopes in chamonix, france to celebrate their success in 2016
office overhaul and refurb in London due to continued growth
twenty smashes all previous financial records
bitcoin shot up in price and demand by 1,300% in just one year
the #metoo campaign was launched on twitter, taking hollywood by storm
theresa may signs article 50 triggering brexit
due to a huge hiring expansion in nyc we move to a bigger and better office
2018
stephen hawking dies aged 76
as part of our continued growth plan, we announced that our berlin office will open in q1 2019
london office exeeds the landmark '£500k fee income in a month' milestone for the first time in q1 2018
due to expansion, we created roles for people management, brand management and client management
after a promotion heavy year last year, we’ve already surpassed that record of people promoted, by may
to celebrate shattering all our records, we took a company trip to ibiza
In june we opened our third global office in austin, texas!
october saw the best performining month we've ever had globally, since our inception.
we celebrated our christmas party in style, with a blacktie event!
2019
january saw our biggest ever intake of rookies in the london office.
in february, george marks was promoted to director, having joined as a rookie just over 5 years ago!
may was an exciting month for us as we opened our newest office in berlin!
having had a really great year in 2018, the london office took a company wide celebratory trip to marbella.