--- title: "RAND Corporation: AI company profile, people and coverage" description: "The RAND Corporation, doing business as RAND, is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm. RAND engages in research and development (R&D) in several fields and industries." canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rand-corporation type: Organization wikidata: Q861141 wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Corporation website: https://www.rand.org/ source: AI News Monitor publisher: Paciva license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) --- # RAND Corporation > The RAND Corporation, doing business as RAND, is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm. RAND engages in research and development (R&D) in several fields and industries. Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rand-corporation ## Facts - Category: Research lab - Country: United States - Founded: 1948-05-14 - Headquarters: Santa Monica - Status: private - Website: https://www.rand.org/ - Employees: 1,850 - Also known as: RAND, escorp.ai ## Accounts - x: https://x.com/randcorporation - linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rand-corporation - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTnsIW_melVWGQC_dxQh45g - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RANDCorporation - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/randcorporation ## Key people - Curtis LeMay, founder (American general and politician (1906–1990)) - Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., founder (American aeroplanes designer and businessman (1892–1981)) - Henry H. Arnold, founder (American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force (1886-1950)) - Carl Bildt, board member (Swedish politician (1949-), prime minister 1991–1994, foreign minister 2006–2014), since 2002-01-01 - Francis Fukuyama, board member (American political scientist, political economist, and author), since 2021-01-01 - Janet Napolitano, board member (American politician, lawyer, and academic administrator (born 1957)), since 2021-06-14 - Malcolm Gladwell, board member (Canadian journalist and science writer), since 2015-01-01 - Richard Danzig, board member (American lawyer), since 2009-01-01 - Chuck Hagel, board member (American soldier and politician), since 2015-01-01 - Lionel C. Johnson, board member (American businessperson and board member), since 2015-05-01 - David Porges, board member (American businessperson and board member, retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EQT Corporation), since 2015-01-01 - Soledad O'Brien, board member (American broadcast journalist, producer, and philanthropist), since 2015-01-01 - Donald Rice, board member (Seventeenth Secretary of the Air Force, USA), since 1972-01-01 - Gerry Parsky, board member (American businessperson and board member, Chairman, Aurora Capital Group), since 2015-01-01 - Joel Hyatt, board member (American politician), since 2014-01-01 - Kenneth Feinberg, board member (American lawyer and mediator), since 2013-01-01 - Michael Gould, board member (American businessman), since 2014-01-01 - Michael Leiter, board member (American businessperson and board member, Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center), since 2012-10-15 - Philip Lader, board member (American diplomat), since 2001-01-01 - Michael Lynton, board member (American businessman (born 1960)), since 2009-01-01 - Michael D. Rich, board member (American businessman), since 1976-01-01 - Raynard S. Kington, board member (American academic), since 2021-01-01 - Teresa Wynn Roseborough, board member (American lawyer), since 2020-01-01 - Michael D. Rich, director (American businessman), since 2011-11-01 - John Forbes Nash (American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)) - Lloyd Shapley (American economist and mathematician) - Harry Markowitz (American economist (1927–2023)) - George Bernard Dantzig (American mathematician (1914-2005)) - Paul Baran (American engineer (1926–2011)) - Daniel Ellsberg (American whistleblower (1931–2023)) - Allen Newell (American cognitive scientist (1927–1992)) - Julia Hall Bowman Robinson (American mathematician (1919–1985)) - Herman Kahn (American futurist noted for his views on nature of thermonuclear war (1922–1983)) - Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (youngest son of Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg; brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (born 1969)) - Richard E. Bellman (American mathematician (1920–1984)) - Anthony Downs (American economist (1930–2021)) ## Revenue - 2011-01-01: USD 271.7 million (Wikidata) - 2012-01-01: USD 287.4 million (Wikidata) - 2013-01-01: USD 289.6 million (Wikidata) - 2014-01-01: USD 293 million (Wikidata) - 2015-01-01: USD 322.2 million (Wikidata) - 2016-01-01: USD 326.4 million (Wikidata) - 2017-01-01: USD 344.3 million (Wikidata) - 2018-01-01: USD 416.7 million (Wikidata) - 2019-01-01: USD 399.1 million (Wikidata) - 2020-01-01: USD 349 million (Wikidata) - 2021-01-01: USD 381.2 million (Wikidata) - 2022-01-01: USD 399.1 million (Wikidata) - 2023-01-01: USD 467.2 million (Wikidata) - 2024-01-01: USD 461.5 million (Wikidata) ## Ownership Subsidiaries: RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation ## Coverage on the Monitor Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on RAND Corporation, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rand-corporation#connections ## Sources - Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861141, read 2026-11-11 - Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Corporation Part of [AI Companies](https://monitor.paciva.ai/companies.md), the Monitor's directory of every AI company on file.