Plante Moran is the 12th largest certified public accounting and business advisory firm in the United States offering audit

Audit

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, accounting, tax

Tax

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 and business advisory consulting services. Plante Moran employs over 1,500 people and has 21 offices through Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and in Mexico, India and China. Plante Moran is a member of Praxity, an international association of independent accounting firms. This alliance is an association of independent firms in the major markets of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Other firms associated with Praxity include BKD LLP, Moss Adams

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 LLP and Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP.

History

Key Dates:

• 1924: Elorion Plante founds accounting firm in Detroit, Michigan
• 1950: Frank Moran is named partner; firm becomes known as Plante & Moran.
• 1955: Moran becomes managing partner
• 1960s: Consulting work grows to account for one-third of revenues
• 1977: Financial Planning Group is founded; originally known as Total Personal Financial Planning (TPFP)
• 1981: Edward Parks is chosen as managing partner; Moran is named chairman
• 1984: Merger with Lansing, Michigan firm also adds offices in three Michigan cities (Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Benton Harbor/St. Joseph) and Cleveland, Ohio
• 1993: William Matthews becomes managing partner
• 1994: Plante Moran CRESA is formed
• 1996: P&M Corporate Finance is founded
• 1997: Frank Moran dies; merger occurs with NCOT Accounting and Consulting of Ohio.
• 1998: Plante & Moran Benefits Administration LLC is founded
• 1999: Firm receives first of 13 consecutive honors as Fortune (magazine)
  Fortune (magazine)
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  ’s “100 Best Places to Work)
• 2001: William Hermann takes role of managing partner
• 2002: Firm is chosen to help investigate Enron
  Enron
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   collapse; Plante Moran Trust is created
• 2004: Merger with Gleeson, Sklar, Sawyers and Cumpata (GSS&C) gives firm three Illinois offices; firm also merges with AFME, Inc.
• 2009: Gordon Krater becomes managing partner
• 2011: Plante & Moran Drops the &; becomes Plante Moran
• 2011: Former managing partner William Hermann and current Managing Partner Gordon Krater co-author Succession Transition: A Roadmap for Seamless Transitions in Leadership

Services

• Audit and Accounting
• Business Advisory Services
• Financial Advisory Services
• Human Capital
• International
• Operational Effectiveness
• Tax
• Technology

Industries

• Automotive
• Banks
• Business and Professional Services
• Construction
• Credit Unions
• Dealerships
• Energy
• Government
• Higher Education and K-12 Education
• Hospitals and Health Systems
• Insurance Services
• Life Sciences
• Manufacturing
• Not-For-Profit
• Plastics
• Real Estate
• Retail
• Senior Care and Living
• Technology Companies
• Wholesale Distribution

Affiliated services

• P&M Corporate Finance
• Plante Moran Financial Advisors
• Plante Moran Trust
• Plante Moran CRESA, LLC

Staff

• For thirteen consecutive years, Plante Moran has been named to Fortune (magazine)
  Fortune (magazine)
  Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. In turn, AOL grew as it acquired Time Warner in 2000 when Time Warner was the world's largest...
  
   100 Best Companies to Work For.
• In 2010 the Detroit Free Press
  Detroit Free Press
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   ranked Plante Moran as a "Top Workplace."
• 2011 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For - "Winner, West Michigan"
• 2010 Crain Communications/Crain's Chicago Business" Best Places to Work" winner