PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

PricewaterhouseCoopers (Price Waterhouse Coopers Consulting; abbreviation: PwC) is one of the top four accounting firms in the world (the remaining three are Deloitte, KPMG, and RSM McGladrey), and was formed by the merger of two accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Coopers & Lybrand, on July 1, 1998, in London. PwC is ranked third in the Forbes global list of the world's private companies, and its business covers assurance and corporate advisory services, business process outsourcing, financial advisory services, global human resources, and management consulting services.