Klynveld Kraayenhof & Co.

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Klynveld Kraayenhof & Co. (KKC) was a Dutch accountancy firm founded in 1917 by Piet Klijnveld and Jaap Kraayenhof, who was one of Klynveld's former employees at another firm. [1] The firm specialized in banking and exporting and kept its independence by serving Dutch clients who were expanding throughout Europe and South America. In 1979, KKC merged with Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft (DTG) and McLintock Main Lafrentz to form Klynveld Main Goerdeler (KMG). [2] In 1987 KMG joined forces with Peat Marwick International (PMI) in the first mega-merger of large accounting firms and formed what is now known today as KPMG LLP. [3]

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References

  1. "Pieter Klynveld". KPMG Hungary. Archived from the original on 2008-02-05. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. Matthews, Derek; Anderson, Malcolm; Edwards, John Richard (1998). The Priesthood of Industry: The Rise of the Professional Accountant in British Management. Oxford University Press. p. 311. ISBN   0-19-828960-X.
  3. "Merger to Create World's Biggest Accounting Firm : Parent Firms of Peat Marwick and KMG Main Hurdman Reach an Agreement; Would Surpass Arthur Andersen". Los Angeles Times. 4 September 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2020.