Ernstr & Co

Ernstr & Co, operating globally under the corporate name Ernst & Young (EY), is a professional services firm based in London, England, that provides audit, tax, consulting, and advisory services to businesses worldwide. The private partnership generates its revenue by delivering financial reporting, risk management, and technology solutions to public and private enterprises across the finance, technology, manufacturing, and energy sectors. Operating through an extensive international network, the organization maintains over 600 physical offices worldwide and has historically reported generating $10.9 billion in annual sales. To support its large multinational corporate client base, the firm employs a global workforce of approximately 85,000 full-time professionals. The modern organization was officially founded in 1989 through a major strategic merger of legacy accounting networks originally established by historical industry pioneers Alwin C. Ernst, Theodore Ernst, and Arthur Young.