PricewaterhouseCoopers was born following a merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand. The Firm's history is much longer, however, and can be traced back to the mid-nineteenth century.
The following events marked breakthrough points in the history of both companies:
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1849
| Samuel Lowell Price opens his London office |
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1854
| William Cooper opens his London office |
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1865
| Price, Holyland and Waterhouse become partners |
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1874
| The name changes to Price, Waterhouse & Co. |
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1898
| Robert H. Montgomery, William M. Lybrand, Adam A. Ross Jr. and his brother T. Edward Ross set up Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery |
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1957
| Cooper Brothers & Co (WB), McDonald, Currie and Co (Canada) and Lybrand, Ross Bros & Montgomery (USA) merge to form Coopers & Lybrand |
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1982
| Global Price Waterhouse network of firms is established |
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1990
| In many countries, Coopers & Lybrand merge with Deloitte Haskins & Sells |
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1998
| Global Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand merger -PricewaterhouseCoopers is formed |
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2002
| PwC Consulting is made part of IBM |
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2003
| Separation of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) |
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The following dates are of particular importance to the history of PricewaterhouseCoopers Poland:
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1990
| Coopers & Lybrand Warsaw office opens, soon followed by a Price Waterhouse Warsaw office |
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1994
| Coopers & Lybrand begin operations in Cracow |
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1996
| Coopers & Lybrand open their Gdańsk office. Business Process Outsourcing Price Waterhouse opens in Cracow, accompanied by the self-standing Price Waterhouse TLS |
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1997
| Coopers & Lybrand office opens in Poznań |
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1998
| Global Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand merger -PricewaterhouseCoopers is formed |
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1998
| PricewaterhouseCoopers offices open in Cracow, Gdańsk, and Poznań |
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1999
| PwC Cracow Business Process Outsourcing office opens |
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2000
| PricewaterhouseCoopers opens in Wroc³aw |
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2003
| PricewaterhouseCoopers moves to a new building in Warsaw |
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2004 | George Johnstone replaces Peter Driscoll on the position of PwC Poland Chairman
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2005 | Separation of associated law firm Wierzbowski i Wspolnicy.
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