Baker Tilly Disrupts Accounting Customs In Moving Up Top 10 List

Nov. 29, 2022, 4:56 PM UTC

Baker Tilly’s CEO isn’t satisfied his firm was recognized as the fastest-growing large accounting firm last year and is poised to move up the ranks, as he projects revenue reaching $1.5 billion.

He wants to shake up the accounting industry at the same time.

Alan Whitman’s formula may be a bit radical—from scrapping the traditional way partners are paid to experimenting with an end to the time-honored use of billable hours. But fueled by a hefty number of acquisitions, it’s a strategy that has paid off. Revenue has tripled since Whitman took the reins of the US firm in 2015 ...

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