Steve Booth, chairman and CEO of Baird, has been named the 2021 Wisconsin Business Leader of the Year by the Harvard Business School Club of Wisconsin.
The annual award honors a Wisconsin business leader who makes an impact within their organization, produces business results and positively influences their community and beyond.
Founded in Milwaukee in 1919, Baird is an employee-owned, international wealth management, asset management, investment banking/capital markets and private equity firm with offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Baird employs about 4,600 people and serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients.