PwC CEO Bets On MBA Degrees While Hiring Fewer Accountants To Fight AI
KEY POINTS
- •Paul Griggs, PwC's US CEO, said the company hired fewer consultants and accountants in 2026 compared to 2024.
- •Despite fewer hires, Griggs supports his three kids pursuing consulting, accounting, and MBA degrees.
- •PwC invested in AI leadership programs at Harvard and Wharton to prepare partners for AI-driven business changes.
Paul Griggs, the US CEO of PwC—the mega-Big Four accounting firm that seems determined to out-tech even Tony Stark—confessed to hiring fewer consultants and accountants in 2026 than two years ago. Instead, he's chasing data scientists and machine learning wizards, like some corporate wizard of Oz ditching the yellow brick road. Despite this, he’s enthusiastically encouraging his three kids (one young adult and two college-centric hopefuls) to plunge into consulting, accounting, or, naturally, an MBA. Griggs splashily touts PwC's fresh AI Jobs Barometer report, revealing a 42% wage surge in roles requiring more human expertise amidst AI chaos. Meanwhile, PwC partners have wrestled with AI leadership lessons in programs at Harvard and Wharton, ensuring our future consultants are educated enough to pretend they understand what the bots do. This is the 'biggest opportunity ever,' declares Griggs, as he leads PwC into a brave new world where humans mostly cheer on the slow vanishing of their own MBA-clad species.
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(1 of 3)PwC’s CEO hires fewer accountants since AI’s here but still pushes his kids into consulting and MBAs—because if you’re gonna be obsolete, might as well have fancy initials after your name.
PwC is replacing accountants with data scientists but telling their kids to study accounting. Nothing says 'job security' like being told to jump off a slowly sinking ship dressed in a suit.
Big Four’s strategy: hire bots, keep humans learning expensive MBAs, confuse everyone into thinking this makes sense.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/3/2026 | Author: Ana Altchek
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