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Richard Kopelman, CEO of Aprio, Talks Pandemic, Diversity, Analytics at Conversation with a CEO

By Keith Morelli

Dean Moez Limayem and Richard Kopelman

TAMPA (June 4, 2021) -- Richard Kopelman has come a long way from when he was 13, helping his mother make cold sales calls in South Florida. For pre-paid funerals.

Now, Kopelman sits atop Aprio, serving as CEO and managing partner for a nationally recognized, CPA-led business advisory firm headquartered in Atlanta, but which counts clients in all 50 states and dozens of countries. With more than 25 years鈥� experience in public accounting and with clients that range from startups to billion-dollar enterprises. Kopelman was the guest of the USF Muma College of Business鈥� Conversation with a CEO series this week.

The event was presented on a virtual format for the fourth time since the pandemic settled over the nation last year, said Moez Limayem, the Lynn Pippenger D