industry professional services founded january 2 1923 key people ted dickman ceo services audit & assurance tax consulting accounting outsourcing revenue 475 million 2014 number of employees 2 250 2014 website www.bkd.com bkd llp formerly baird kurtz & dobson is one of the largest u.s. accounting and advisory firms 1 providing consulting tax assurance and accounting outsourcing solutions to businesses government entities not for profit organizations and individuals . bkd is headquartered in springfield missouri and has 34 offices in 15 states . in 2014 the firm reported revenues of 475 million and approximately 2 250 personnel including roughly 260 partners . 2 contents 1 history 2 subsidiaries 3 divisions 4 references history edit in 1922 three men william baird wade kurtz and claire dobson decided to start their own firm with offices in kansas city and joplin missouri after the disbandment of the montgomery firm where the three had been employed . on january 2 1923 the men took the 1 700 they had in the bank and opened their business baird kurtz & dobson . 3 initially the firm looked to expand to st. louis and chicago but the 1929 stock market crash and subsequent great depression curtailed growth forcing the firm to build its clientele and reputation in kansas city and joplin . after world war ii a growth period began . a third office opened in springfield missouri in july 1948 and a uranium boom led the firm to purchase a tax practice in grand junction colorado . the 1960s represented a period of significant change . in 1964 the firm drafted its formal partnership agreement which still exists today . the passage of the medicare act in 1965 led the firm to focus on growing its health care practice which today constitutes the firm s largest industry focus . citation needed expansion continued throughout the 1970s and 1980s with the firm opening new offices in arkansas oklahoma missouri texas nebraska and kentucky . since that time steady growth has continued . the firm created its first wholly owned subsidiary bkd corporate finance llc in 1994 and passed the 100 million revenue mark in 1999 . the firm created its charitable arm the bkd foundation in 2000 ; since making its first charitable gift in february 2000 the foundation has given more than 9 million to qualifying 501 c 3 organizations . citation needed the firm undertook its largest merger in 2001 combining with olive llp to create bkd llp which was the eighth largest u.s. accounting firm at the time . that year also marked a name change for bkd investment advisors founded in 1998 to bkd wealth advisors llc . today the firm claims 34 offices in 15 states making it one of the largest accounting firms in the united states . subsidiaries edit bkd corporate finance llc provides corporate finance services including mergers acquisitions sales recapitalizations management buyouts esops and financing services bkd wealth advisors llc an independent wealth management firm registered with the securities and exchange commission for affluent individuals and their families ; boasts more than 2 billion in assets under management bkd insurance llc a nasd registered broker dealer and wholly owned subsidiary of bkd llp divisions edit bkd technologies offering information technology solutions enterprise risk solutions services to help address operational financial strategic regulatory and technology risks and controls forensics & valuation services business valuation forensics and fraud investigation services loan review services helping financial institutions assess loan portfolio quality and repayment risk of selected borrowers citation needed state & local tax salt services international tax services references edit just announced the 2014 ipa 100 . bkd firm profile pdf . a history of unmatched client service . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bkd llp & oldid 728884255 categories accounting firms of the united statescompanies based in missouricompanies established in 1923hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages bahasa indonesia edit links this page was last modified on 8 july 2016 at 08 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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