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Article: Success by the numbers: the accounting profession is ruled by the numbers, or so the popular image goes. (managing partner of Coopers and Lybrand Inc., Al Thiess, Jr.) (Journal Profile) (company profile)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- May 28, 1990
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Success by the numbers
The accounting profession is ruled by the numbers, or so the popular image goes. Al Thiess knows his numbers, but the top man at Coopers & Lybrand says there's a lot more to running a big accounting firm
Al Thiess Jr. is making aggressive plans to build Coopers & Lybrand into the largest accounting firm in Los Angeles area. He says he's in the right place at the right time.
To accommodate the substantial growth he projects, the L.A. managing partner of the Big Six accounting firm says he plans to break ground within a year for a 31-story, $150 million building more than triple the size of Coopers' seven-story office building ...