2024 Vault Rankings
- Prestige#2
At a Glance
“Amazing culture and smart, caring, friendly, motivated people”
“Flexibility and ability to work remotely”
“Challenging work and opportunities for growth and development”
“Busy season hours”
“Very demanding, very high expectations”
“Compensation”
About PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) LLP
New York-headquartered professional services firm PwC LLP is the U.S. member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, whose network of firms operate in 157 countries, employ more than 328,000 people, and serve approximately 85 percent of Fortune Global 500 companies and more than 100,000 entrepreneurial and private businesses. For the 12 months ending June 30, 2022, its revenues were $50 billion.
In the U.S., PwC focuses on audit and assurance, tax, and consulting services. Additionally, in the U.S., PwC concentrates on 16 key industries that include but aren’t limited to consumer products, fintech, life sciences, pharmaceutical, and technology; and provides targeted services that include but aren’t limited to cybersecurity and privacy, human resources, deals and forensics. By revenue, it’s the second-largest accounting firm in the country.
Although the firm's reach is vast these days, in the beginning it was just Samuel Lowell Price, a London accountant who hung out his shingle in 1849. He was subsequently joined by two more accountants, and in 1865, the partnership renamed itself Price, Waterhouse and Company, which grew to become a prominent international network of independent member firms. The "Cooper" comes from William Cooper, another London accountant who started a firm with his brothers in 1854.
A century later, the aptly named Cooper Brothers merged with two North American firms (Lybrand, Ross Brothers & Montgomery in the U.S. and McDonald, Currie & Company in Canada). The combined firm was named Coopers & Lybrand, and in 1998, it merged with Price Waterhouse. The tie-up was a blockbuster: both C&L and Price Waterhouse were ranked among the top-six accounting firms in the world.
300 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (646) 471-4000
Employer Type: Private Partnership
U.S. Chairman & Senior Partner: Tim Ryan
Vice Chair - US Trust Solutions Co-Leader: Kathryn Kaminsky
Vice Chair - US Trust Solutions Co-Leader: Wesley Bricker
2021 Employees (All Locations): 72,129
National
Global
Audit and Assurance
Alliances and ecosystems
Board governance issues
Cloud and digital
Consulting
Cybersecurity, privacy and forensics
Deals
Digital assurance and transparency
ESG
Financial statement audit
Managed Services
PwC Private
Risk and regulatory
Tax services
Transformation