Arthur Young

Robert Arthur Young (17 December 1863 – 3 April 1948) was a Scottish American. He was one of the founders of Ernst & Young, the international accounting firm.

Early life Young was born on 17 December 1863 in Scotland. He was the son of a Glasgow merchant and shipowner. His nephew, Sir Arthur Young, was a Member of Parliament and former Chamberlain of the King's Household.

Career He apprenticed with Glasgow solicitors A. J. & A. Graham before moving to the United States in 1890. In 1894, he began the practice of public accounting in Chicago with C. W. Stuart under the firm name Stuart & Young. In 1903, he helped secure the passage of the first C.P.A. law in Illinois and later served as president of the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants. In 1924 Young innovated by forging an international network with Broads Paterson & Co in the UK.

Young, who never married, was "remembered in a social setting for his loose fitting tweed clothes from Whitaker & Company in London, pipe smoking and martinis, elaborate meals at Aiken with his cook Margaret Beckford, and his many dogs." He was buried at Bethany Cemetery in Aiken.