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About Accenture

Accenture is a technology services, management consulting and outsourcing company based in Dublin, Ireland. Accenture is the largest consulting company in the world according to revenue amounts. Accenture was founded in 1989 as an offshoot of Arthur Andersen, a holding company based in Chicago. The companies separated after disagreements and have each gone on to be important companies in their own right. Accenture has five operating groups: communications, media and technology, finances, products, resources and health and public services. These groups are further subdivided into more specific focus groups.

In 2001, Accenture became a public company. They also officially changed their name to Accenture from Andersen Consulting. Accenture operates in over 50 countries. Rather than identifying itself as one large company, Accenture worked as a number of locally owned entities until 2001. At this point, Accenture became a corporation based in Dublin. Accenture is a Fortune Global 500 company and brings in about $30 billion in revenue yearly. Accenture employs over 300,000 people globally. Most of its employees are based in India, with about 80,000 people employed there. Accenture works with a number of globally important companies, including Verizon, Adobe, Dell, HP, and Oracle. Accenture has had a number of advertising schemes, including Tiger Woods as a spokesperson. They terminated this relationship after the facts of Woods’ extramarital affairs came to light.