Geographic coverage
PricewaterhouseCoopers has member firm offices in 766 cities in 150 countries.
PricewaterhouseCoopers people as of June 2007
| Partners | 8,578 |
| Client Service Staff | 108,926 |
| Practice Support Staff | 29,263 |
| Total | 146,767 |
Additional facts
- People by Region: Europe 41%, North America & Caribbean 26%, Asia 16%, Middle East & Africa 6%, South & Central America 6%, Australasia & Pacific islands 5%.
- PwC audits 32% of the Fortune Global 500; 33% of the FT Europe 500; 40% of the S & P Latin America 40; 38% of the S & P Asia Pacific 50; 29% of the Fortune 500.
- FY 2007 worldwide gross revenues of its network of firms increased 10.5 per cent to a record US$25.2 billion for the fiscal year ended 30 June.
- PwC was chosen to be one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2007 by Fortune magazine.
Our history
PricewaterhouseCoopers has been created by the merger of two firms — Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand — each with historical roots going back some 150 years. Set out below are some key milestones in the history of both firms.
- 1849 – Samuel Lowell Price sets up in business in London.
- 1854 – William Cooper establishes his own practice in London, which seven years later becomes Cooper Brothers.
- 1865 – Price, Holyland and Waterhouse join forces in partnership 1874 Name changes to Price, Waterhouse & Co.
- 1898 – Robert H. Montgomery, William M. Lybrand, Adam A. Ross Jr. and his brother T. Edward Ross form Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery.
- 1957 – Cooper Brothers & Co (UK), McDonald, Currie and Co (Canada) and Lybrand, Ross Bros & Montgomery (US) merge to form Coopers & Lybrand.
- 1982 – Price Waterhouse World Firm formed.
- 1990 – Coopers & Lybrand merges with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in a number of countries around the world.
- 1998 – Worldwide merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand to create PricewaterhouseCoopers.
