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Kelly Puryear selected by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s top 200 CPAs

By Staff Report, posted 2 years ago
TRP Sumner Managing Partner Kelly Puryear

TRP Sumner Managing Partner Kelly Puryear, has been selected by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s Top 200 CPAs.

Puryear has been helping businesses and entrepreneurs prosper and grow their businesses for over 40 years as a partner with TRP Sumner. He has served on numerous local and state Boards of Directors as well as financially guiding many non-profit organizations in the area. Puryear has been an integral leader in the growth of TRP Sumner over the years. The firm is recognized as one of the top 400 CPA firms in the nation and has over ninety employees in Fayetteville and Dunn, NC. 

Forbes’ inaugural America’s Top 200 CPAs list is a compilation of the finest CPAs active in public practice, picked from a collection of candidates sourced through independent nominations and accolades from every society and association of CPAs. Nominees were rated on a range of weighted criteria, including expertise, innovation, thought leadership, experience and service to the community and to their profession, as well as responses to selected questions.

 

Read the full  Forbes’ article here

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