Accenture is a globally leading professional services company, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company leverages its technological leadership, industry experience, functional expertise, and global delivery capabilities in the fields of cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to help businesses, governments, and other organizations build digital core capabilities, optimize operations, accelerate revenue growth, enhance citizen services, and create tangible value at speed and scale.
Accenture's business scope is extensive, covering strategy and consulting, technology, operations, industry solutions, and more. Its services include comprehensive services and solutions such as management consulting, technical services, intelligent operations, industrial X, and Accenture Song. Through a strong ecological collaboration network and profound technical expertise and industry experience, Accenture provides clients with unique professional skills and excellent technology centers to help them achieve strategic goals and technological innovation12.
As of 2024, Accenture has approximately 733000 employees serving clients in over 120 countries. The company has multiple subsidiaries worldwide, especially in Greater China. Accenture has approximately 20000 employees in China, located in Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, and Taipei.
In recent years, Accenture has made significant achievements in the field of generative AI. As of August 2024, the company has received $1 billion in generative AI orders, with a total annual order amount of $3 billion. Generative AI projects accounted for 4% of the company's total orders in fiscal year 2024, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%. Accenture Chairman and CEO Julie Sweet stated that the introduction of generative AI marks the arrival of a transformative era that will drive growth for companies and customers over the next decade.
