19 13: Andersen founded Andersen Company, whose initial business was to collect customer information and then classify it.
1947: Arthur Andersen died, and his favorite pupil Leonardo took over the business started by his teacher.
1947 to 1963: During Leonardo's tenure, the company's income increased from $8 million in 1950 to $0/300,000. Leonardo also directly participated in and founded five European branches, and Andersen has a global branch since then.
1972: Andersen set up an office in Hongkong, 1979 began to expand its business in Chinese mainland, 1983 and 1987 set up offices in Beijing and Shanghai respectively.
199 1 year: Andersen established Andersen (Shanghai) Enterprise Consulting Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, becoming the first wholly foreign-owned consulting company registered in Pudong New Area of Shanghai.
1992: Andersen Shenzhen branch was established.
June 65438+July 0992: Andersen and Huaqiang Certified Public Accountants established a Chinese-foreign cooperative accounting firm-Andersen Huaqiang Certified Public Accountants in Beijing.
1998 and 1999: Andersen absorbed Shanghai Jingwei United Certified Public Accountants, Guangzhou Huacheng Partnership Certified Public Accountants and Shenzhen Shenzhong Certified Public Accountants respectively, and opened offices in Chongqing and Xi 'an successively.
The professional services of Andersen China Company include nine core contents: auditing, enterprise consulting, enterprise financing, e-commerce, human resources, legal services, business service contracting, risk management and tax consulting.
March 2002: Andersen Certified Public Accountants, a branch of Andersen in the United States, was sued for allegedly destroying relevant documents and obstructing judicial investigation in the Enron fraud case.
June 2002: The United States federal grand jury found Andersen Certified Public Accountants guilty of obstruction of justice.
June 2002 10 16: The Houston District Court of the United States made a final judgment on the crime of obstructing judicial investigation by Andersen Certified Public Accountants.
More scandals
Xerox: On June 29th, it was revealed that Xerox, the world's largest copier manufacturer, falsely reported its operating income from 1997 to 200 1, amounting to US$ 6.4 billion, far exceeding the figure estimated in the settlement agreement reached between the US Securities Regulatory Commission and the company in April this year.
Merck: On July 8, Merck, the third largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in the world and the American pharmaceutical giant, reported a false profit of $654.38+0.24 billion. The company was recently sued for allegedly using improper financial means to increase profits in the past three years.
Johnson & Johnson: On July 22nd, Johnson & Johnson Company of the United States was investigated by the United States government for allegedly "seriously violating regulations, deliberately concealing accidents, changing manufacturing processes and ingredients without authorization, and producing drugs with serious defects".
Quest: On July 25th, a fraud scandal broke out in Quest Communications, the fourth largest communication operator in the United States. The company is suspected of falsely reporting the turnover of $654.38+0.4 billion and modifying the performance report, and is currently under investigation by the US judicial authorities. It is reported that the company's huge debt has reached 26.6 billion US dollars.
AOL time warner Inc. Company: On July 3 1, the US Department of Justice began to investigate the financial affairs of its AOL branch. In early July, AOL revealed that it may have lied about its income from 2000 to 200 1.