The Top 10 People in Accounting - 2012
September 7, 2012 4:53 PM
The Most Influential People
Each year as part of our Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting list, we ask candidates for the list to name who they think are the most influential people in the field — and here they are, ranked by the number of votes they received from the 113 candidates.
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<B>No. 10</B>
Hans Hoogervorst
Chairman, International Accounting Standards Board
<B>No. 9</B>
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Barack Obama or Mitt Romney
<B>No. 8</B>
Gary Boomer
CEO, Boomer Consulting
<B>No. 7</B>
Leslie Seidman
Chair, Financial Accounting Standards Board
<B>No. 6</B>
Ron Baker
Founder, VeraSage Institute
<B>No. 5</B>
Douglas Shulman
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
<B>No. 4</B>
Tom Hood
CEO and executive director, Maryland Association of CPAs
<B>No. 3</B>
James Doty
Chairman, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
<B>No. 2</B>
Mary Schapiro
Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission
<B>No. 1</B>
Barry Melancon
President and CEO, American Institute of CPAs