PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is a privately owned multinational professional services network founded in 1854. Operating as a network of partnerships under the PwC brand, it is headquartered in the UK and employs approximately 288,310 people. PwC primarily provides IT services and IT consulting and is recognized as the second-largest professional services network globally, ranking among the "Big Four" accounting firms alongside Deloitte, EY, and KPMG.