STEVE RIGGS
PARTNER IN CHARGE, CARR RIGGS AND INGRAM, DESTIN
Riggs, who worked for the IRS for four years after college, co-founded the full-service accounting firm 24 years ago. Today, it has 562 partners and professional staff living and working in Florida. In addition to providing traditional audit, tax and other services, the firm owns a trust company, an investment and financial advisory services company and other specialized subsidiaries.
| EDUCATION | Pensacola Jr. College (AA), University of West Florida (BA) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | I was on a full music scholarship my first two years of college. I was a first chair all-state percussionist in high school. The football stadium for Fort Walton Beach High School is named Steve Riggs Stadium. |
| ALTERNATE CAREER? | I coached my three sons in many sports for many years. I would have been a football coach or a professional musician. |
| PHILANTHROPIC PASSION | Partners and our staff cover the spectrum of philanthropic causes. Mine is supporting public education. We need to get to the students as early as possible. |