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COMPANY INFORMATION: Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company
It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company
The typeface used in the Accenture wordmark is Rotis Semi-sans. The right-pointing caret character > over
the t is intended to indicate the company's orientation to the future

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1989 as Andersen Consulting, Renamed as Accenture in 2001

Joe Forehand and William D. Green
Dublin, Ireland
120 countries
Aerospace and Defence Airline Automotive Border Management
Building Materials Chemicals Communications Consumer Goods and
Services Customs Defence Electronics and High Tech Energy Financial
Services Forest Products Freight and Logistics Health Health & Public
Service Human Services Industrial Equipment Life Sciences Media and
Entertainment Metals Mining Non-profit Postal Public Safety Public
Transportation Retail Revenue Travel Utilities
Over 2, 25,000 (As of January 2011)
$23.09 billion Dollars (as on March 31, 2011)
Accenture's current clients include 97 of the Fortune Global 100
Accenture - HISTORY:

1. The firm was established in 1989 as Anderson Consulting, before rebranding at the beginning of 2001, as
Accenture
2. In the early days, technology consulting and business integration were the firm's main focus. Today, Accenture
specialises in management consulting, technology services and outsourcing.
3. Accenture announced on May 26, 2009 that its Board of Directors unanimously approved changing the companys
place of incorporation to Ireland from Bermuda and would become Accenture plc.

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Accenture - ACHIEVEMENTS:
Accenture in India has been recognized as the 3rd Best Large Company (with >10k people) To Work For in the
2009 Great Place to Work Institute and Economic Times study
For the third straight year, Accenture ranks No.1 in the IT Services category of Fortune magazines list of
Americas Most Admired Companies 2008
We are ranked the No. 1 HR outsourcing provider by both IDC and the Human Resources Outsourcing
Association.
For the previous three years, Accenture was included in the Forbes Platinum 400: America's Best Big
Companies.
For the third consecutive year, Accenture received a perfect-100 score on the Human Rights Campaigns
Corporate Equality Index.
Accenture is the 45th strongest global brand, according to BusinessWeek
Accenture ranked No.1 in 2008 for Global Outsourcing according to the Global Outsourcing 100
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