About Piet Klijnveld
Lived 1874 – 1945 (aged 70). Piet Klijnveld was a Dutch economist and accountant.
Pieter 'Piet' Klijnveld (16 August 1874 – 9 February 1945) was a Dutch accountant who started a practice that, after several mergers, would grow into the international accounting firm KPMG.
Life and career Pieter Klijnveld was born on 16 August 1874 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
After working at the Amsterdam office of the Twentsche Bank (a precursor of ABN AMRO), he opened a small accountancy practice in 1917 in his home on the Viottastraat in Amsterdam.
One of these accountants he worked with was Jaap Kraayenhof, who joined Klynveld and eventually become senior partner of the Dutch firm "Klijnveld Kraayenhof & Co.", abroad usually written as Klynveld Kraayenhof & Co. (KKC).
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Who was Piet Klijnveld?
Dutch accountant (1874–1945)
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Piet Klijnveld was born on 16 August 1874 in Amsterdam.
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Piet Klijnveld died on 9 February 1945.
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Piet Klijnveld was an economist and accountant.
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Piet Klijnveld was Dutch.
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