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Sir William Barclay Peat CVO (15 February 1852 – 24 January 1936) was an accountant and one of the founders of KPMG. Career [ edit ] Peat born in Forebank, St Cyrus, Kincardine , Scotland.
When a young William Barclay Peat started work, as a clerk for a London accountancy firm in 1870, it's unlikely he was thinking about the legacy he'd leave behind. 150 years later, Peat is the 'P' in KPMG: a global network of firms that employs over 200,000 people.
Learn how William Barclay Peat, James Marwick, Piet Klynveld and Reinhard Goerdeler became the founders of KPMG, the global network of professional services firms. Discover how they pioneered the accounting industry and faced challenges such as wars, diversity and growth.
In 1816, Robert Fletcher started working as an accountant and in 1839 the firm he worked for changed its name to Robert Fletcher & Co. William Barclay Peat joined the firm in 1870 at 17 and became head of the firm in 1891, renamed William Barclay Peat & Co. by then.
Scottish-born Sir William Barclay Peat was the second son of James Peat and Margaret Barclay (of the banking family that built Barclays Bank, one of England’s largest). Born of privilege, Peat stud-ied law at the prestigious Montrose.
In 1891, he succeeded in doing so and he renamed the firm to William Barclay Peat & Company. With this, he started his legacy in accounting. Some years later, an accounting office from America wanted to cooperate with William Peat.
Sep 13, 1991 · When New York-based accountant James Marwick met British accountant William Barclay Peat on a trans-Atlantic steamer in 1911, they became friends and agreed to merge their practices on the...
