Pricewaterhouse Adds 361 Partners to Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world’s biggest accounting firm, made 361 employees partners, boosting the number to 9,400.

In the U.S., Pricewaterhouse added 113 partners, increasing the total to about 2,600, the New York-based firm said. About 160 employees in Europe, the Middle East and Africa were made partners.

Pricewaterhouse and Big Four rivals Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young International and KPMG International have won clients and hired partners from Arthur Andersen. Andersen is disintegrating following a conviction for obstructing a U.S. investigation into the collapse of former client Enron Corp. Pricewaterhouse has won several customers, including Colgate-Palmolive Co., Cummins Inc., Freddie Mac and Wyeth, from Andersen.