Bob Lewis

Bob Lewis is President of The Visionary Group and one of Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People. He has relationships with key leaders in accounting firms  nationwide and is a frequent speaker on on M&A, private equity, and organic growth. Bob helps firms assess their ability to remain independent, build enterprise value, and creates and facilitates dozens of material transactions annually.

He created an in-depth Firm Valuation model and Build to Evolve process. The valuation model shows firms their market value and how to impact value. The Build process assesses a firm’s alignment, accountability, profit refinement opportunities and creates an Independence Plan. He focuses on getting firms to make decisions based on data and facts and to avoid making emotional decisions.

His thirty-plus years of exclusive support in the accounting profession has provided Bob with the opportunity to learn from great firm leaders. Beyond his deep experience in M&A and private equity he helps firms with pricing, client upscaling, and overall growth tactics.

Bob Co-Chairs the Accounting Today Private Equity Summit, has an accounting background, and his formal education is a Bachelor of Science in Finance, and an MBA, both from DePaul University in Chicago.