A few weeks ago, a Talking Tax listener reached out about an episode from last summer that focused on why so few CPAs are Black.
Lynnwood G. Campbell’s stories from a more than 40-year-long career in accounting were so fascinating, we invited him on this week’s show. Campbell, now retired, started out at what is now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, then spent decades at the Treasury Department.
Campbell spoke with podcast hosts Amanda Iacone and Jeff Leon about why he went into accounting in the late 1960s, the fortuitous way he landed at PwC, and how he managed to thrive at a time when most other Black accountants weren’t able to.
Listen to the latest episode here.
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