Antonio “Tony” Argiz
South Florida Managing Partner, BDO (formerly MBAF), Miami
Argiz had been CEO of accounting firm MBAF — which had 650 employees in 13 offices in the U.S. and in India — since 1997. Earlier this year, MBAF joined forces with BDO, a professional services firm with more than 60 offices nationwide that provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Argiz was fired from his first accounting job. But “being let go from my first job in accounting only strengthened my drive,” he says.
| EDUCATION | Florida International University (BS) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | Recently, I have been very dedicated to growing my Cuban art collection. I have more than 80 pieces. |
| WOULD CHANGE about Florida | I would change the state’s business focus to creating more high-paying jobs, especially by attracting more technology and innovation companies. |
| READING | Wrestling with Our Inner Angels, by Nancy Kehoe; Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydide’s Trap? by Graham Allison |