Who Founded Deloitte?

William Welch Deloitte (1818-1898) opened his London accounting office in 1845. In 1849 he was appointed an independent auditor of the Great Western Railway, and he later served as president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. His firm combined with Haskins & Sells of New York in 1952, took the Deloitte Haskins & Sells name in 1978, and merged with Touche Ross in 1989. William Welch Deloitte was born in 1818.

Sir George Alexander Touche was a prominent 19th-century British accountant and a foundational founding figure behind the modern Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu global network. Educated in Edinburgh, Touche moved to London and established his own accounting practice, George A. Touche & Co., in 1899. He successfully expanded his firm internationally, forming a critical partnership in New York that laid the groundwork for the modern Touche Ross network. A highly influential figure in both finance and politics, he also served as a Conservative Member of Parliament and was knighted for his services. In 1989, his legacy firm officially merged with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, creating the massive modern Deloitte empire.

George Touche was born in 1861. Education: Stewart's Melville College.

Nobuzo Tohmatsu was a Japanese accountant and former naval officer whose firm gave the Tohmatsu name to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. He served in the Imperial Japanese Navy, where he managed supply and accounts and ended World War II as a rear admiral. He then moved into civilian finance and qualified as a CPA in 1952. In 1968 he co-founded Tohmatsu, Awoki & Co. as an auditing practice. The firm became an international partner of Deloitte, and his name was added to the global brand in the 1993 merger. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).