William L. Wong

Mr. William L. Wong was honored and named the National winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Accountant Advocate of the Year for 1999. He has served as the taxation chair of the Governors Task Force on Regulatory Relief and as a member of the taxation working group of the Economic Revitalization Task Force for the State of Hawaii. His strong advocacy for the small business sector in Hawaii has led to exposing and effecting changes to relieve regulatory burdens on small businesses. He has carried his message about small businesses to county, state, and national audiences. Mr. Wong has held positions as a Credit and Financial Analyst with Central Pacific Bank, an Accountant at Ernst and Ernst (Ernst & Young), a Business Manager at Hilo Medical Group, and a Lecturer at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, West Hawaii Campus. He has been a CPA since 1974 and is also a Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) and a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA). He is currently President of William L. Wong CPA & Associates, Inc., President of WLW Development Methods, Inc., President of Hawaii Employee Leasing Professionals, LLC, and President of Investment Dynamics Consulting Group, LLC. Mr. Wong graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Finance and attended the UH Graduate School of Business with emphasis in Business Economics and Accounting. He completed the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants National Tax Education Program at the University of Illinois and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts Program on Business Valuation and Litigation Support in New Orleans. His specialty areas include Wealth Building Strategies, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Real Estate Development, Medical and Dental Practices, Income Tax Planning, Pension and Retirement Planning, Business Valuation, Litigation Support, and Personal and Financial Planning.