Chase Birky is a co-founder of Dark Horse CPAs and currently serves as its president & CEO. When asked why he got into accounting, he thought for a moment and then responded, “I graduated college during the great recession and it was pretty clear that my options were either waiting tables at Chili’s or working for a Big 4. Needless to say, I chose the latter.” He eventually chose to leave the Big 4 to build a firm that specialized in serving small businesses and individuals that the big guys too often overlooked.