K stands for Klynveld. Piet Klynveld founded the accounting firm Klynveld Kraayenhof & Co. in Amsterdam in 1917.
P is for Peat. William Barclay Peat founded the accounting firm William Barclay Peat & Co. in London in 1870.
M stands for Marwick. James Marwick founded the accounting firm Marwick, Mitchell & Co. with Roger Mitchell in New York City in 1897.
G is for Goerdeler. Dr. Reinhard Goerdeler was for many years chairman of Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft and later chairman of KPMG. He is credited with laying much of the groundwork for the KMG merger.
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1867 |
Robert Fletcher establishes accountancy firm which later becomes Peat Marwick Mitchell |
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1870 |
William Barclay Peat joins firm |
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1877 |
Thomson McLintock opens office in Glasgow |
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1897 |
Marwick Mitchell & Co established in New York |
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1925 |
Peat and Marwick Mitchell & Co join to create a transatlantic firm |
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1979 |
Thomson McLintock forms KMG, a grouping of independent national practices to create a strong European-based international firm |
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1987 |
The two firms merge worldwide to create one firm, KPMG |
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1991 |
KPMG opened office in Zagreb as a subsidiary in the jurisdiction of the London-based office |
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1993 |
KPMG Croatia d.o.o. was officially registered |
