Promotion Watch ’21: Grant Thornton Admits 46 New Partners and Principals

Well, well, well … look what we have here — a big promotion day at Grant Thornton. The Purple Rose of Chicago this morning announced a larger-than-usual class of 87 new partners, principals, and managing directors.

The breakdown:

• 41 new managing directors
• 35 new partners
• 11 new principals

While Grant Thornton notes in the press release that the 2021 class of PPMDs is GT’s largest ever, it’s not the largest class of just new partners and principals. In 2015, 50 new partners and principals were admitted by the firm.

Here’s a look at new partner/principal class sizes at Grant Thornton since 2010:

• 2021: 46
• 2020: 30
• 2019: 42
• 2018: 32
• 2017: 39
• 2016: 47
• 2015: 50
• 2014: 32
• 2013: 30
• 2012: 27
• 2011: 26
• 2010: 22

Let’s take a look at Grant Thornton’s class of 2021 new PPMDs by the numbers:

• 28: The number of new PPMDs in tax, the most of any service line, followed by 26 in advisory, 25 in audit, and eight in internal client services.
• 27: The number of new PPMDs who are women, or 31% of the class.
• 8: The number of new PPMDs in Philadelphia, the most of any location, followed by seven in both Chicago and Atlanta, and six in both Los Angeles, Dallas, and Metro D.C.

Here are the newest PPMDs at Grant Thornton:

*Promoted earlier in 2021 with approval from Grant Thornton’s Partnership Board.

Congrats to everyone who received their purple roses today!