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By M.Lavanya
Accenture
It is a multinational management consultancy, technology service. It is one of the worlds largest consulting firms measured by revenues. It is constituent of Fortune Global 500 list
Formation
Accenture originated as the business and technology consulting division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen Joe Glickauf was Arthur Andersen's project leader responsible for the payroll processing automation project. Now considered to be the father of computer consulting
Emergence of Accenture
On Jan 1, 2001 Andersen Consulting adopted its current name, "Accenture. The word "Accenture" is derived from "Accent on the future. The name "Accenture" was submitted by Kim Petersen
On July 19, 2001, Accenture offered initial public offering (IPO) at the price of $14.50 per share in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Headquarters
Area served Revenue
Public limited company NYSE:ACN IT services,IT consultancy Dublin, Ireland, Chicago Title and Trusted Center Chicago, llinois, USA. World wide US$ 27.9 billion
Empolyees
company had more than 257,000 employees across 120 countries. India currently is the single largest employee base for Accenture, with the headcount expected to reach 80,000 in August 2012 Total no of employees are 257,000
Services
IT,business consultancy and outsourcing services Accenture organizes its services and people in these three primary crossfunctional groupings.
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combination of industry experts capability specialists professionals with local market knowledge
A look of Accenture
A world map showing the 54 countries where Accenture has operations as of 2012 (coloured in blue)
Leadership
Chairman of the Board: Pierre Nanterme Chief executive officer: Pierre Nanterme Board of Directors: Gilles C.Pelisson
The firm was named by Fortune magazine as one of the top 100 companies to work for in 2013 citing that "extensive training is a career springboard for new employees, Accenture has sponsored an international event called the Accenture Match Play Championship