Promotion Watch ’23: 109 Folks at RSM US Will Be Getting New Business Cards
Jan. 1 was a big day for 109 overachievers at RSM US as their long journeys in public accounting finally culminated in being promoted to partner or principal. The class of 2023 has the most members by far in recent years, topping the 88 new partners and principals in the class of 2022, followed by […]
Promotion Watch ’22: BDO USA Gives 69 People Fancy New Titles
People who know, know BDO USA recently promoted 49 people to partner and 20 people to principal for fiscal year 2023. The class of FY 2023 is the same size as the class of FY 2022—and one of the largest in the firm’s history. Among the 69 new partners and principals: 22: The number of […]
Promotion Watch ’22: Deloitte Admits 279 New Partners and Principals
Deloitte recently unveiled its latest class of overachievers, which includes 107 new partners and 172 new principals for fiscal year 2023. This newest class is a biggun compared to others in recent years—Deloitte admitted 169 new partners and principals for FY 2022, 125 for FY 2021, and 150 for FY 2020. Want more numbers? OK, […]
Promotion Watch ’22: Grant Thornton Admits 38 New Partners and Principals
Plenty of new promotion purple roses were handed out at Grant Thornton on Aug. 1, as the firm celebrated its largest class of new partners, principals, and managing directors in GT’s history. The 96 new PPMDs in the class of 2022 surpasses the 87 in last year’s class, which had been Grant Thornton’s largest ever. […]
Promotion Watch ’22: Forvis Admits First Class of New Partners and Principals; All Have Forward Vision
Forvis, the oddly named love child of BKD and DHG that was born on June 1, announced its inaugural class of new partners and principals, as well as new managing directors, last month. As far as we know, the 21 partners, two principals, and 38 managing directors in this year’s class all have eyes in […]
Promotion Watch ’22: PwC Admits 283 New Partners and Principals
PwC will be swimming in new partners and principals on July 1, the day when members of one of the largest classes in recent memory at the firm officially earn their stripes. Of the 283 members of the class of 2022 at PwC, 169 will be principals and 114 will be partners. It’s the biggest […]
Promotion Watch ’22: RSM US Adds 88 New Partners and Principals
The holiday smells of pine and evergreen have been replaced with the smells of new partners and principals at RSM US offices across the country, as its latest class of rainmakers was released into the wild on Jan. 1. The class of 2022 has slightly more members than the class of 2021. This is also […]
Promotion Watch ’21: Crowe Adds 45 New Partners and Principals
Crowe recently announced a slimmed-down class of 45 new partners and principals who will get their special light-up pens on April 1, 2022—compared to the 102 partners and principals who were promoted on April 1 of this year. Here are the 34 men and 11 women who will be constantly pestered by Crowe CEO Mark […]
Promotion Watch ’21: Deloitte Admits 169 New Partners and Principals In the US
The smell of new partners and principals still permeates the air at the biggest of the Big 4, as Joe Ucuzoglu recently gave his blessing to the newest class of rainmakers at Deloitte. This latest class (technically the class of FY 2022) is 35% larger than last year’s class at Deloitte and 13% larger than […]
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 […]
We Need to Talk About Why This CPA Is Wielding a Golf Driver In His Promotion Press Release
Saw this press release on PRWeb today: I don’t know, guys, but Erik looks poised to bash fraud to death. Or beat bad clients who ignore invoices. Or destroy an office printer to smithereens out in a field à la Office Space. Or maybe he just likes to golf. Accountants like to golf. But it […]
Promotion Watch ’21: Wipfli Adds 19 New Partners and Principals
The other night I was watching the WGN Evening News when Wipfli partner Geoff Harlow came on to talk about the Extended Child Tax Credit. You can see his guest appearance below if you’re so inclined: But Harlow’s appearance helped me remember something else: I had the names of the newest class of do-gooders who […]
Promotion Watch ’21: PwC Admits 210 New Partners and Principals
It’s promotion season at PwC, and the newest batch of chosen ones will officially become partners or principals on July 1 after they kiss Tim Ryan’s ring. Of the 210 individuals promoted, 116 will be partners and 94 will be principals. This year’s class of 210 new partners and principals is the smallest since 2015, […]
Promotion Watch ’21: Grant Thornton Canada Adds 53 New Partners and Principals
Grant Thornton in America’s hat recently admitted 35 new partners and 18 new principals into the purple kingdom. Alberta Chris Cameron, Partner, Edmonton Ken Hankinson, Partner, Edmonton Stephen Latimer, Partner, Wetaskiwin Jenny Pon, Partner, Edmonton Freida Richer, Partner, Edmonton British Columbia Shawn Birkenhead, Principal, Kamloops Sandra Blair, Principal, Kamloops Michelle Coates, Principal, Nelson Kevin Cooper, […]
Promotion Watch ’20: RSM US Adds 84 (or Maybe 86) New Partners and Principals
The largest new partner/principal class announced thus far in 2021 is technically the 2020 new partner/principal class at RSM US, even though their promotions started on Jan. 1, 2021. And in its press release, RSM said there are 86 new partners and principals in the class of 2020 when the firm only provided the names […]
Promotion Watch ’20: Crowe Names 104 New Partners and Principals
Whoa, wasn’t expecting this large a class of new Crowe partners and principals who finally get to sit at the adults’ table beginning on April 1, 2021. But I guess the firm is trying to impress the folks at Fortune by making a slew of promotions so it can stay in the 100 Best Companies to […]
Promotion Watch ’20: CohnReznick Has Three New Partners and Three New Principals In the Pipeline For Next Year
Feb. 1 is the day when new partners are deified at CohnReznick, and we already know about three, as well as three who have moved up the ranks to principal, who will be fed grapes by CEO David Kessler and fanned with giant leaves by COO Phil Mandel on the first day of February 2021. […]
Promotion Watch ’20: Citrin Cooperman Adds 16 New Partners and Principals
All that sleep deprivation and those 15 extra pounds were worth it for the 14 new partners, two new principals, and 18 new directors at Citrin Cooperman. These 12 men and four women comprise the 2020 new partner and principal class at CC: Jeffery Alvanas, Partner, Boston-Metro Matthew Bart, Partner, DC-Metro Douglas Cammarano, Partner, New […]
Promotion Watch ’20: Deloitte Adds 125 New Partners and Principals In the U.S.
The names of the newest Deloitte partners and principals for FY 2021 has finally made its way online, but before we recognize this band of overachieving Green Dotters, let’s take a look at the latest class by the numbers: 59: The number of new partners and principals in consulting, the most of any service line, […]
Promotion Watch ’20: Dixon Hughes Goodman Anointed 8 New Partners and Principals
TPTB at DHG announced last week the top 20 firm’s newest class of six partners and two principals. The class of 2020 is a bit larger than the seven who earned their stripes last year but smaller than the 13 new partners and principals in 2018, 11 in 2017, nine in 2016, 16 in 2015, and 12 in […]
Promotion Watch ’20: EY Canada Adds 20 New Partners and Principals
Because we recognized the newest partner classes at PwC Canada (under somewhat shady circumstances) in July and Deloitte Canada yesterday, we thought we’d do the same for the brand-new rainmakers at EY Canada. EY’s new partner/principal class is the smallest of the three firms, coming in at 20. Here are a couple other stats of […]
Promotion Watch ’20: EY Adds 133 New Partners and Principals In the U.S.
Thanks to one of our friends at EY, we got our hands on a spreadsheet that lists the names and locations of the 600 newest partners and principals at the House of Di Sibio. Of those 600, 133 are based in the good ol’ US of A. Here’s a look at the class of 2020 […]
Promotion Watch ’20: PwC Admits 232 New Partners and Principals
Today is Promotion Day at PwC, a day to celebrate all those PwCers who earned their new stripes and stepped up in rank, including the firm’s newest class of 128 partners and 104 principals. This year’s class of 232 partners and principals isn’t as robust as the previous two years, but it’s the third largest […]