Our heritage

Grant Thornton in Gabon 

In Gabon, Delta Grant Thornton, Certified Chartered Accountants firm (CEMAC n° SEC 61) has been founded by our senior partner, Emmanuel Degbey in 1984. 

Present for nearly 40 years on the Gabonese market, our team of 40 dedicated professionals, including 4 Certified Chartered Accountants (Fr), is positioned as a leading firm in the market by offering Independent Assurance, Advisory, Outsourcing and Tax&Legal services.

Grant Thornton in the world

The global organisation we recognise today dates back to 1904, when Thornton & Thornton was formed in Oxford, UK. Twenty years later and on the other side of the Atlantic, 26-year-old senior accountant Alexander Richardson Grant established Alexander Grant & Co in Chicago, US.

Supporting dynamic organisations has been high on our agenda from the beginning. Thornton & Thornton advised automotive pioneer Morris Motors on its flotation in 1936 and also delivered international audit services before the Second World War.

A truly global organisation

We took our first steps to becoming a truly global organisation in 1979 when the UK and the US firms set up a new international organisation. Many of the original member firms remain in our global organisation, including India, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Singapore.

All of our founding firms had one thing in common – a commitment to delivering best-in-class solutions to clients. Global growth gathered momentum during the next several decades as new member firms from dozens of countries became part of the international organisation.

Seven years later in 1986, the US and UK firms each changed their names to Grant Thornton and in 1997, the first International Business Centre opened to manage our cross-border activity.

Over 100 years after Thornton & Thornton opened its doors in Oxford, with more than 68,000 people in over 147 markets, we are now a truly global network with a huge reach and growing capability to serve client needs.