Accenture
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| Public company | |
| Traded as | : ACN S&P 100 component S&P 500 component |
| Industry |
Professional services Technology services |
| Founded | 1989 as Andersen Consulting |
| Headquarters | Incorporated headquarters in Dublin, Ireland |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Pierre Nanterme, CEO (Chairman) |
| Services | Strategy, Consulting, Digital, Technology, Operations, Services and Solutions |
| Revenue |  US$ 32.9 billion (2016 fiscal) |
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US$ 4.81 billion (2016) |
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US$ 4.35 billion (2016) |
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| Total assets |
US$ 20.629 billion (2016) |
| Total equity |
US$ 8.189 billion (2016) |
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Number of employees
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394,000 (2016) |
| Website | www |
Accenture PLC is a global professional services company and provides strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations services. It has been incorporated in Dublin, Ireland, since 1 September 2009. It is a Fortune Global 500 company. In 2016, the company reported net revenues of $32.9 billion, with more than 394,000 employees serving clients in more than 200 cities in 120 countries. In 2015, Accenture had about 130,000 employees in India, more than in any other country, about 48,000 in the US, and about 50,000 in the Philippines. Accenture's current clients include 94 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500.
Accenture common equity is listed on the , under the symbol ACN, and was added to the S&P 500 index on 5 July 2011. In 2016, Fortune magazine named it as the world's most admired Information Technology Services company.
Accenture began as the business and technology consulting division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen. Arthur Andersen's first job in computer consulting came in the early 1950s, when the firm conducted a feasibility study for General Electric to install a computer at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1953, the firm urged GE to install a UNIVAC I computer and printer. This system is believed to be the first commercial use of a computer in the U.S.Joseph Glickauf, an early pioneer of computer consulting, held a position as head of Arthur Andersen's administrative services division.
In 1989, Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting became separate units of Andersen Worldwide Société Coopérative (AWSC).
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