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Aug 31, 2022 · Aug. 31, 2022 5:30 am ET. Share. Resize. Listen. (2 min) In 2002, Arthur Andersen was convicted by a Houston jury of obstructing the government’s investigation into Enron and stopped auditing...
Arthur E. Andersen. Arthur Andersen and Company. 1913–1947. Industry: Services. Era: 1910. Andersen built a small auditing firm into one of the largest accounting consultancy operations in the world. Andersen capitalized on the passage of federal income tax laws in the early decades of the twentieth century to build his business initially.
Arthur Andersen was once the world’s largest and most respected accounting and consulting firm, the first firm people thought of when they heard the words “Big Eight,” “Big Six,” and then “Big Five.” In many ways, Andersen created a community – a professional community that was at one time over 85,000 people strong in 80 countries.
Jan 29, 2002 · Arthur Andersen, The Accountant Who Built His Name on Energy. By Ken Ringle. January 28, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. EST. If only he'd been born in Lake Wobegon, Minn., instead of Plano, Ill., Arthur...
Arthur Andersen (1885 – 1947) was the founder and senior partner of Arthur Andersen and Company, the Chicago -based accounting firm that grew to become an international company known for its many services, including auditing, tax services, and specialty consulting in areas such as technology applications.
In 1907 he joined Price Waterhouse & Co. as a senior accountant, the position he held until 1911 when he resigned to join Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company as controller. In 1913 he and a partner established the firm now known as Arthur Andersen & Co; he served as senior partner until his death.
in 1913 by Arthur E. Andersen, a young accounting professor who had a reputation for acting with integrity—was primarily an auditing firm focused on providing high-quality standardized audits. But a shift in emphasis during the 1970s pitted a new generation of auditors advocating for clients and consulting fees….
