The Big Four are the four largest international accountancy and professional services firms, which handle the vast majority of audits for publicly traded companies as well as many private companies. The Big Four firms are shown below, with their latest publicly available data:
Revenues
Employees
Fiscal Year
PricewaterhouseCoopers
$28.2bn
146,700
2008
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
$27.4bn
165,000
2008
Ernst & Young
$24.5bn
135,000
2008
KPMG
$22.7bn
137,000
2008
Audit
Consulting
Financial advisory
Tax
$28.2 Billion USD (2008)
Jim Quigley, CEO
Tax
Consulting
Financial advisory
Type
Member firms have different legal structures, USA and UK: Limited Liability Partnership
Founded
1989; individual components from 1849
Headquarters
London, England, UK (EY Global)
Key people
Jim S. Turley, Chairman and CEO
Industry
Professional services
Services
Audit
Tax
Financial advisory
Revenue
$24,523 million USD (2008)
Employees
135,730 (Global)
Divisions
Assurance, Advisory, Tax, Transaction
Website
www.ey.com
Tax
Advisory
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