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CPA or IB seem like very different paths. This question seems a little insane?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

The question is how to become a public company CFO. I’ve seen people in IB exit into senior corporate finance roles and eventually make CFO. I don’t know what the CPA credential gets you. She heard from someone that CPA (not retail accounting but public company accounting) is important, but I’m not sure. Hence the question…

 

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