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It’s not luck that makes leaders

What does it take to fast-track your business from inspiration, to growing enterprise, to major market force?

At Ernst & Young, we know what it takes to drive sustainable growth because we’ve guided thousands of dynamic, ambitious businesses on the journey from start-up to market leadership.

Our Strategic Growth Markets (SGM) network is dedicated to serving the unique challenges and changing needs of fast-growth companies around the world. We make a difference to your business by accessing and adapting our global organization’s experience, industry capabilities and resources to work for you.

Our SGM professionals thrive on guiding companies through successful initial public offerings (IPOs). In fact, on average, we take a company public every business day of the year.

And, with our SGM network stretching across more than 100 countries, you’ll never outgrow us. Whether your business expands across the country or across the world, we’ll be with you every step of the way.


Find out more about Strategic Growth Markets

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