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Tom Angelo

Tom Angelo

CEO and Managing Principal of HBK CPAs & Consultants, the firm's second CEO in 75 years, and a New Jersey-based CPA.

Sep 8, 2026

3:25
So did that firm actually merge with HBK? Or was that the side business that
3:29
merged with HBK? No.
3:32
So what ended up happening was, so we had the three partners that, you know, and I was the first staff and they ended up hiring another staff a year later.
3:40
And What ended up happening is one of the partners got an offer to become the CFO at our largest client.
3:49
And that opened up a path for me to become a partner at a pretty young age.
3:55
So I took the CPA exam a few times.
3:59
I wasn't exactly one of those out-of-the-gate standardized test takers that were super good.
6:04
And how long was it before you became only the second managing partner in HBK's history?

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