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Recent Examples on the Web At the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies, the portion of CFOs who are certified public accountants fell to about 36% last year, according to data from organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry. — Mark Maurer, WSJ, "Why You Don’t Need to Be an Accountant to Be a CFO," 29 Jan. 2020 Pleading guilty Tuesday were certified public accountant Ronald Roach, 53, and general contractor Joseph Bayliss, 44, both of the Bay Area. — Don Thompson, chicagotribune.com, "Massive $1 billion solar power ponzi scheme results in the largest single-owner car collection ever auctioned by the U.S. Marshals Service — including Burt Reynolds’ Trans Am," 23 Oct. 2019 Write to Michael Rapoport at Michael.Rapoport@wsj.com Corrections & Amplifications The American Institute of CPAs represents certified public accountants, while licensing of CPAs is done by individual state boards of accountancy. — Michael Rapoport, WSJ, "CPAs Fight to Protect Part of Their Turf," 20 Aug. 2018 Short, a tax attorney and certified public accountant, ran unsuccessfully for the Ohio House 18th-District seat in 2002. — Joseph Clark, cleveland.com, "Officers trace license plate in hit and skip: Olmsted Township police blotter," 30 Dec. 2017 Short, a tax attorney and certified public accountant, ran unsuccessfully for the Ohio House 18th-District seat in 2002. — Joseph Clark, cleveland.com, "Officers trace license plate in hit and skip: Olmsted Township police blotter," 30 Dec. 2017 As a young man, Mr. Rubino worked at Starkweather & Co. in financial services on Wall Street and at Haskins & Sells, certified public accountants. — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, "Anthony Rubino, accountant who worked on Baltimore County projects, dies," 18 Dec. 2017 The first step is a goals meeting to gather information and then involve my firm’s professional contacts—certified public accountants, estate-planning attorneys, asset-protection agencies and mortgage specialists—to help us analyze that data. — WSJ, "On Working With Clients Who Don’t Meet Asset Minimums," 13 July 2017 Three Republicans — Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot, MSU assistant professor Joseph Guzman and Grosse Pointe certified public accountant Mary Treder Lang — have also filed to run. — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, "Candidates raising big bucks for Michigan attorney general, secretary of state races," 25 Oct. 2017

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“Certified public accountant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/certified%20public%20accountant. Accessed 2 Mar. 2021.

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