Founder Profile
William Cooper
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is William Cooper?
William Cooper is a founder of PricewaterhouseCoopers, which was founded in 1849 with Samuel Lowell Price, Edwin Waterhouse and William M. Lybrand.
- Company founded
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Founded
- 1849
- Co-founders
- Samuel Lowell Price, Edwin Waterhouse and William M. Lybrand
Background
London accountant with an early specialism in insolvency and liquidation work.
Founding Story
William Cooper founded an accounting practice in London in 1854 that became Cooper Brothers & Co. as his brothers joined. The firm was known for insolvency and audit work, and in 1957 it combined with Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery and McDonald, Currie and Co to form Coopers & Lybrand, which merged with Price Waterhouse in 1998.
William Cooper was born in 1826 in England.
Cooper was born in 1826 and died in 1871.