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Deloitte has 300,000 employees in 150 countries and is often hailed as the leading multinational professional services company
1845 1845-50 1890
William Deloitte opens an accountancy firm
Deloitte expands his British presence
Deloitte opens first overseas branch
The firm is founded in 1845 London by William Welch Deloitte , a British accountant with a grandfather who fled France during the French Revolution , Count de Loitte . Deloitte is the first person to be appointed an independent auditor of a public company – the Great Western Railway .
Deloitte uses his appointment as auditor of the Great Western to win business in other growing industries , including docks , collieries , ironworks , hotels , banks , insurance companies , newspapers , and other railways , such as the Great Northern .
Deloitte opens a branch office on Wall Street in the US , with Edward Adams and PD Griffiths as branch managers . It is Deloitte ' s first overseas venture . Other branches soon follow in Chicago and Buenos Aires .
14 July 2022