Towers Watson
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| Traded as | TW |
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| Industry | Professional services |
| Predecessor |
Towers Perrin Watson Wyatt Worldwide |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Arlington, Virginia, United States |
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Area served
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Global |
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Key people
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John J. Haley (Chairman, President, and CEO) |
| Products | Employee benefits, talent management, rewards, and risk and capital management |
| Revenue |
 US$ 3.60 billion (2013) |
| Profit |
US$ 319 million (2013) |
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Number of employees
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14,500 (2012) |
| Parent | Willis Towers Watson |
| Website | www |
Towers Watson & Co. was a global professional services firm. Its principal lines of business were risk management and human resource consulting. It also had actuarial and investment consulting practices. In January 2016, Towers Watson merged with Willis Group to form Willis Towers Watson.
Towers Watson was formed on January 4, 2010, by the merger of Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt Worldwide. The merger created the world's largest employee-benefits consulting firm by revenue. Towers Watson has 14,000 employees in 35 countries and is expected to have revenue of US$3.6 billion per year. Towers Watson's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board is John Haley, the former CEO of Watson Wyatt. The firm's first Chief Operating Officer, President, and Deputy Chairman was Mark Mactas, the former CEO of Towers Perrin.
Towers Watson is the successor to R. Watson & Sons, which was formed in the UK in 1878. B. E. Wyatt founded The Wyatt Company as an actuarial consulting firm in the USA with seven co-founders in 1946. The two firms formed a global alliance under the brand Watson Wyatt Worldwide in 1995 and formally merged in August 2005.
Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby was established in the U.S. in 1934, although one of its predecessor firms, the insurance broker Henry W. Brown & Co., was founded in 1871. In 1987, the company shortened its name to Towers Perrin.
On June 28, 2009, the two firms announced they would merge, pending approval by shareholders and regulatory agencies, in a merger of equals. Regulatory approval was granted by anti-trust divisions of the U.S. and the E.U., and stock-owners overwhelmingly approved the merger in separate meetings on December 18.
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