Founder Profile
William M. Lybrand
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is William M. Lybrand?
William M. Lybrand is a founder of PricewaterhouseCoopers, which was founded in 1849 with Samuel Lowell Price, William Cooper and Edwin Waterhouse.
- Company founded
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Founded
- 1849
- Co-founders
- Samuel Lowell Price, William Cooper and Edwin Waterhouse
Background
William M. Lybrand trained as a public accountant at Heins, Lybrand & Co. in Philadelphia before co-founding Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery in 1898.
Founding Story
William M. Lybrand was an American accountant who, in 1898, formed Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery with brothers Adam A. Ross Jr. and T. Edward Ross and Robert H. Montgomery; the four had trained together at Heins, Lybrand & Co. in Philadelphia. In 1957 the firm, Cooper Brothers & Co (UK) and McDonald, Currie and Co (Canada) came together as Coopers & Lybrand, which merged with Price Waterhouse in 1998 to create PricewaterhouseCoopers.
William M. Lybrand was born in 1867.