History

PwC 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 PwC.

• 1938 : KAP Drs. Tan Eng Oen formed
• 1965 : KAP Drs. Tan Eng Oen becomes KAP Drs. Hadi Sutanto
• 1971 : Enter correspondence relationship with Price Waterhouse
• 1990 : Name changes to KAP Drs.Hadi Sutanto & Rekan
• 1990 : Enter a partnership with Price Waterhouse
• 1998 : Price Waterhouse becomes PricewaterhouseCoopers
• 2004 : Name changes from KAP Drs.Hadi Sutanto & Rekan to KAP Haryanto Sahari & Rekan
• 2010 : Name changes from KAP Haryanto Sahari & Rekan to KAP Tanudiredja, Wibisana & Rekan 
• 2015 : Name changes from KAP Tanudiredja, Wibisana & Rekan to KAP Tanudiredja, Wibisana, Rintis & Rekan
• 2024: Name changes from KAP Tanudiredja, Wibisana, Rintis & Rekan to KAP Rintis, Jumadi, Rianto & Rekan