{"id":6235,"date":"2010-11-08t21:53:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-09t01:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2015-04-13t14:57:35","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13t18:57:35","slug":"fun-facts-12-accountant-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2010\/11\/08\/fun-facts-12-accountant-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"fun facts: 12 accountant celebrities"},"content":{"rendered":"

before they were famous, and sometimes after, too… these celebrities were accountants.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. john grisham, author of a time to kill, the firm and many other exciting novels, received his undergraduate degree in accounting from mississippi state university.<\/li>\n
  2. before he was lead singer in the rolling stones, mick jagger studied to be an accountant at the london school of economics.<\/li>\n
  3. singer janet jackson studied to be an accountant.<\/li>\n
  4. j walter diemer, an accountant for the fleer corporation in the 1920’s, tinkered with gum recipes in his spare time and created a chewy, rubbery substance better known as bubble gum.<\/li>\n
  5. funny man bob newhart started out in accounting.<\/li>\n
  6. former texas rangers manager kevin kennedy, a cpa, did his players’ tax returns to make extra money when he managed in the minor leagues.<\/li>\n
  7. track sensation marcus o’sullivan passed the cpa exam.<\/li>\n
  8. tim dubois, known as “the singing accountant,” wrote the alabama hit “love in the first degree,” the jerry reed hit, “she got the goldmine, i got the shaft,” and the vince gill hit, “when i call your name.” he is currently the president of arista records in nashville.<\/li>\n
  9. luca paciolo wrote the first book on double-entry accounting in 1494. he is frequently referred to as the father of accounting. he’s still a hot commodity today.<\/li>\n
  10. when hernando cortes landed in the new world, he brought horses, soldiers – and his accountant, alonso de avila. as a reward for excellent service, de avila was made the first mayor of veracruz, in what is now mexico.<\/li>\n
  11. j. p. morgan got his first wall street job as a junior accountant. five years later he founded his own company.<\/li>\n
  12. ray wersching, the ex san francisco 49er field goal kicker, was a cpa during the off-season.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    have more? tell us in comments<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n