By Daily Press staff
Scott Farb, CPA, has joined Gumbiner Savett Inc., one of the largest full-service accounting firms in Southern California, as the managing principal in charge of the firm’s national real estate practice.
“After 50 years of providing diversified accounting services, expanding our real estate practice is a natural progression for us,” said Lou Savett, chairman of Gumbiner Savett Inc. “As a well-regarded specialist in the real estate and hospitality industries, Scott’s intense hands-on approach, coupled with his extensive real estate knowledge give us the expertise needed to expand this area of our firm.”
Prior to joining Gumbiner Savett Inc., Farb served as the principal-in-charge of Rothstein Kass & Company’s National Real Estate Practice. He also served as a senior partner at Ernst & Young, LLP. Prior to Ernst & Young merging with Kenneth Leventhal & Company in 1995, Farb was the partner-in-charge of Kenneth Leventhal & Company’s Entrepreneurial Services Group.
Over the years, Farb has served a wide variety of public, private and institutional real estate clients including real estate private equity and pension funds; residential, commercial, industrial and hotel resort developers, as well as commercial property owners and managers.
Farb continues to expand his involvement in the industry serving as a keynote speaker on real estate accounting and strategic matters before numerous industry groups. He has also authored a wide variety of articles on real estate related topics that regularly appear in national publications.
A New Yorker by birth, Farb graduated from Hofstra University, magna cum laude, and is a George F. Baker Scholar. His professional organizational affiliations include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). In addition, he currently serves as a board member of the Southern California chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP).
Gumbiner Savett Inc. is an established CPA firm that specializes in providing a full range of accounting, audit, tax and consulting services, based in Santa Monica.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 17, 2005. Read the original PDF.