Casper Zhao

Casper Zhao is a CPA, financial advisor, and the founder of StackedCFO LLC, a fractional CFO practice that helps founder-led companies build financial infrastructure strong enough to survive a raise, acquisition, or exit. Before launching StackedCFO, Casper spent 13 years inside the transaction machine, advising on deals across private equity, investment banking, and M&A at PwC, BDO, and a leading transaction advisory firm. He has led Quality of Earnings analyses, built acquisition models, and resolved complex technical accounting issues for deals worth hundreds of millions. The pattern he saw again and again? The deal didn't fall apart because the business was bad. It fell apart because the financials couldn't withstand scrutiny. Founders were showing up to the negotiating table with a great story and a broken back office. Is Your CFO Really Working? is the playbook he wishes every CEO had read before the due diligence clock started ticking. Inside, he translates the rigor of Big Four transaction advisory into practical systems that founders can implement now, before a buyer, investor, or board starts asking the hard questions. Casper holds an MBA from SUNY Oswego and is credentialed as an FMVA, CMSA, CBCA, and FPWM. He is based in Boston, Massachusetts.