EXHIBIT 23.2







                              ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT



The Board of Directors
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.:






We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form
S-8 of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. of our report, dated January 24, 2001,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated
statements of earnings and cash flows and the related schedule for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, which report appears in
the December 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Waddell & Reed Financial,
Inc., and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus.

                                  /s/ KPMG LLP

Kansas City, Missouri
July 26, 2001