George Oliver May was a British-American accountant. He led a joint study by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York Stock Exchange that was impetus for the stock exchange requiring its listed firms to undergo independent annual audits. The study also is credited for causing the new Securities and Exchange Commission to allow the accounting profession to define accounting principles, rather than taking on that responsibility itself.
- Occupation
- business theorist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 22, 1875
- Died
- May 25, 1961
