Happy Birthday, Accenture!

Posted by accountingweb on Jan 1 2001 353 printer friendly

Renamed. Redefined. Reborn. 01/01/01.

It's official! Effective 1/1/01 Andersen Consulting is now just a memory and Accenture is alive and well. The world's largest consulting firm will celebrate its first day of existence with a plan to build an entirely new form of consulting company.

"We are building a network of businesses to meet the needs of any 21st century organization - consulting, technology, outsourcing, alliances and venture capital," according to Joe Forehand, managing partner and CEO of Accenture. "This network is made up of interrelated businesses and more than 100 alliance relationships all focused on knowledge and innovation in management and technology."

Accenture is a $10 billion global management and technology consulting organization with more than 70,000 employees in 46 countries.

Voice of the Editor

What would you do if one of your clients won the lottery? We asked several accountants to weigh in with their advice for the lucky Powerball winner, and the tips we received are useful for anyone who receives a windfall, whether it's a lottery win, an inheritance, a big bonus on the job, or a killing in the stock market.

This Week on AccountingWEB

CPAs Mira Finé, Scott Hitchcock, Rob Keasal, Kathy Scorcio, and Ken Travis offer ten pieces of financial advice for the newest Powerball winner.

Hang Bower of BDO USA and Dan Black of Ernst & Young share their perspectives on why their firms made the Best Places to Work for Recent Grads 2013 list.

Herbein + Company, Inc. firm members talked with AccountingWEB about their year-round employee wellness program.

Bill Walter of Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates and Harold Gaar of TravisWolff LLP weigh in on mobile technology use while employees are at work.