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Key people at Moss Adams.
Moss Adams delivers professional services encompassing accounting, consulting, tax, and wealth management. The firm offers assurance, advisory, and specialized industry-focused expertise, addressing client financial and operational challenges. Its integrated approach, covering technology, risk management, and strategic operations, utilizes specialists organized by industry for tailored guidance.
Founded in 1913 in Seattle, Washington, the firm began as an accounting practice by John G. McIntosh, serving the Pacific Northwest's lumber industry. This enterprise expanded and evolved, eventually becoming Moss Adams through key partnerships. Its identity reflects a century-long legacy of adaptation and growth in professional services.
Moss Adams serves public and private middle-market enterprises across diverse sectors like technology, healthcare, and financial services, plus private wealth management clients. The firm helps these clients grow, manage, and protect prosperity. Its vision emphasizes integrated expertise, enabling businesses to achieve sustainable success and build enduring value.
Key people at Moss Adams.
Moss Adams LLP was a prominent U.S. accounting, tax, consulting, and wealth management firm, ranked among the top 100 globally, serving middle-market enterprises across diverse industries like technology, healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing.[1][2][3] With headquarters in Seattle, Washington, it employed around 3,800 people across 33 offices primarily in the western U.S., generating approximately $955 million in revenue under CEO Eric Miles, and emphasized a "culture of the possible" focused on innovation, industry specialization, and client growth from startups to expansion.[1][4][5]
Not an investment firm in the venture capital sense, Moss Adams operated Moss Adams Capital for strategic advisory and investment banking services, alongside assurance, risk management, and private client services through a network of over 380 partners and global alliances like Praxity.[1][3][5] Its impact on the startup ecosystem stemmed from tailored support in audit, tax, transaction advisory, and industry-specific consulting, enabling scalable growth for emerging tech, life sciences, and e-commerce companies.[1][4]
Moss Adams traces its roots to 1913, when Seattle accountant John G. McIntosh founded the firm shortly after the U.S. ratified its first federal income tax law, initially serving the local lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest.[1][2][4] In 1919, McIntosh partnered with Albert Moss and Edwin Adams, forming the namesake partnership that expanded beyond Seattle in the 1960s to California, followed by offices in Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Texas, and other states by the 1990s.[1][2][4]
Key evolution included adding a consulting arm in 1972, launching investment banking and wealth management units in the 1990s, and pioneering industry-specific organization among major accounting firms, which fueled organic growth and acquisitions.[3][4][5] By its 100th anniversary in 2013, it had released its first corporate social responsibility report; a pivotal moment came on June 3, 2025, when it combined operations with Baker Tilly, backed by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, forming the sixth-largest advisory CPA firm in the U.S. under the Baker Tilly name.[2][5]
Moss Adams rode the wave of middle-market expansion in tech-driven economies, capitalizing on the post-2010s boom in startups needing specialized accounting for rapid scaling, M&A, and compliance amid complex regulations like tax reforms.[1][4][5] Its timing aligned with Western U.S. tech hubs (Seattle, California), where forces like cloud adoption, e-commerce growth, and life sciences innovation demanded industry-focused advisory—evident in services for tech, manufacturing, and higher education.[1][3]
The firm influenced the ecosystem by enabling startups' "rapid growth and expansion" through transaction support and NetSuite implementations (e.g., 2025 acquisition of 360 Cloud Apps), while its merger with Baker Tilly amplified national reach and private equity backing, reshaping competitive dynamics in advisory services for tech-adjacent sectors.[2][5]
Post-2025 merger, the combined Baker Tilly entity—powered by Moss Adams' legacy—positions itself for accelerated dominance in middle-market advisory, leveraging enhanced scale, Hellman & Friedman capital, and tech integrations like cloud ERP for startups.[2][5] Trends like AI-driven auditing, ESG reporting, and global tax complexities will shape its path, potentially expanding venture advisory to fuel more tech ecosystem growth.
As a century-old pioneer reborn through combination, Moss Adams' "power of possible" endures, empowering the next wave of innovators from Seattle's frontiers to national prominence.[4][5][7]
