Who was the youngest person to ever pass the CPA exam?

rightiam

Could it possibly be Eli Broad? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Broad Jan 09 08, 5:59 PM

rudebugatti

Joseph Hunt, age 19. Source: The Billionaires Boys Club movie, 1987. Jan 09 08, 11:10 PM

AyatollahK

Not true. Hunt supposedly did pass the CPA exam at 19, but others have passed it at a younger age. http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/young/joe_hunt/4.html "After Joe dropped out of the University of Southern California, [his father] sent him to business school, where at the age of 19, he passed the examination for Certified Public Accountant. While he was the youngest person to have been successfully tutored for it by a specific firm, he bragged that he was the youngest person in the entire state of California to have passed the exam. (In the film based on Horton's book, he's presented as the youngest in the entire country.)" http://books.google.com/books?id=SC-11CcxP3UC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=cpa+exam+youngest&source=web&ots=tYAZJO8YyV&sig=MvbTZ1PNJBVteLd2OOCmmtGBQxQ (page 6-7) "The youngest candidate I have ever worked with was a child genius who received his college degree early and sat for the exam at age eighteen ... [He] worked very hard, and [he] passed." Thus, people younger than Hunt have passed the CPA Exam. I don't think the AICPA publishes young/old statistics, however. Jan 09 08, 11:41 PM

Fandaanx

Ronald Bannister graduated from Tulane university at 17 and just shy of his 18th birthday passed the CPA exam and went to work for Price Waterhouse where he worked until his retirement at 65. Nov 29 12, 10:07 PM

gtho4

Ronald John Bannister was born May 20, 1929 at the French Hospital of New Orleans, LA, to Preston Monroe and Mildred Timlin Bannister. Ronald attended New Orleans schools and graduated high school in 1944 at age 14. He was granted early admission to Tulane University where, after two and a half years of continuous study, he graduated in August 1946 with a business and accounting degree. He was just 17 years three months old at the time. Ronald joined the Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) accounting staff in Houston in 1947 when he was not yet 18 years old. He was admitted to the partnership in 1969 and he retired from the firm in 1989. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-j-bannister&pid=144962617 Nov 30 12, 1:57 AM