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Samuel Lowell Price (1821–1887) was an English accountant. He is best known for having co-founded, with William Hopkins Holyland and Edwin Waterhouse, the accountancy practice of Price Waterhouse that now forms part of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Samuel Lowell Price was one of the founders of Price Waterhouse, a predecessor firm of PwC. Learn about the history of PwC from its origins in London in the mid-1800s to its global network today.
2024 marks 175 years since Samuel Price set up as a sole trading accountant. This began PwC’s journey to a leading professional services firm, with today's diverse 364,000-strong community of solvers across 151 countries.
Samuel Lowell Price, an accountant, started his practice in London in 1849. In 1865 Price went into partnership with William Hopkins Holyland and Edwin Waterhouse. Holyland left shortly after to work alone in accountancy and the firm was known from 1874 as Price, Waterhouse & Co.
Learn how PwC, one of the world's leading professional services firms, evolved from the auditor Samuel Lowell Price's law firm in London in 1849. Discover the milestones and mergers that shaped PwC's history over 160 years.
A highly profitable drug wholesaler, McKesson & Robbin, Inc., was the victim of an embezzlement scheme carried out by a senior executive and the man ’ s three brothers. The scheme, extremely complex and carefully conceived, eluded detection by the independent auditors from Price Waterhouse.
Price Waterhouse was founded in London in 1850 by Samuel Lowell Price, who wanted to take advantage of England's recent parliamentary laws requiring the examination of a company's financial statements and records.
