As co-founder of Stone & Company in 1986, Phil Stone spent over 30 years providing tax and accounting services to hundreds of closely-held businesses in a wide variety of industries. Phil developed numerous close relationships as a valued advisor to small businesses, many of these spanning generations. Phil greatly appreciates the many friendships and mutual loyalties that have resulted from his work with individual clients over the decades, and since the merger with RS Miller and Associates has moved into an advisory role.

Phil began his career in accounting as an internal auditor for Connecticut General Life in Hartford, Connecticut (now “CIGNA”). Subsequently he became an audit supervisor in the Boston office of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (now “KPMG”). Before starting Stone & Company in 1986, he spent three years as the Controller of the Central Hospital in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Background

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Colgate University

• Master of Science in Accounting from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania