Robert Hiester Montgomery

Robert Hiester Montgomery was an influential accountant and educator. He was one of the founders of what is today the world's largest accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a two-term president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Montgomery was the author of numerous books on auditing and taxation including Auditing Theory and Practice, a bestseller originally published in 1912 which is still in print. He was successful in three professions despite his lack of formal education, having not even completed high school.