Accenture
multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company
Accenture plc is an Irish domiciled technology consulting company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, for tax purposes. Founded in 1989 in the United States, Accenture provides information technology and management consulting services across 120 countries globally.
History
Formation and early years, 1950–1989
Accenture began as the business and technology consulting division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen in the early 1950s. The division conducted a feasibility study for General Electric to install a computer at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, which led to GE's installation of a UNIVAC I computer and printer, believed to be the first commercial use of a computer in the United States.
Split from Arthur Andersen and renaming, 1989–2001
In 1989, Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting became separate units of Andersen Worldwide Société Coopérative (AWSC), a Swiss coordinating entity. Throughout the 1990s, tensions grew between the two units. Andersen Consulting was paying Arthur Andersen up to 15% of its profits each year (a provision of the 1989 split was that the more profitable unit – whether AA or AC – pays the other 15 percent), while at the same time Arthur Andersen was competing with Andersen Consulting through its own newly established business consulting service line called Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. In 2000, as a result of arbitration, Andersen Consulting broke all contractual ties with AWSC and Arthur Andersen. As part of the arbitration settlement, Andersen Consulting paid $1.2 billion to Arthur Andersen.
On 1 January 2001, Andersen Consulting adopted the name "Accenture".
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