Michael Wolf Joins Rival McKinsey & Co.

Michael J. Wolf, head of the media and entertainment practice at Booz-Allen & Hamilton for the last decade, has joined McKinsey & Co., where he will be a director and co-leader of the rival media group along with John Rose and Nick Lovegrove. Wolf has been a chief strategist for entertainment clients such as MGM, MTV, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting and Seagram Cos., after its purchase of Universal Studios. McKinsey said that its entertainment and media practice is the fastest-growing group at the firm. Wolf is the first senior partner to be hired from the outside rather than promoted from within.