Steve Gross is the CFO of Hegemon Group International (HGI).
Steve Gross is the Founder Emeritus of HLB Gross Collins, P.C. He was a Regional Managing Partner, National Director of Business Consulting and a member of the Executive Committee of a Chicago-based international accounting firm.
Steve founded Gross Capital Partners, LLC and The Gross Consulting Group, LLC at the end of 2011 to pursue advising, servicing and providing capital to business transactions and operating companies. In his role of capital formation for clients over the past 35 years, he has assisted in raising capital and financing for hundreds of companies and provided capital in the hundreds of millions. As an advisor to companies with dynamic growth, family offices and high net worth angels, he has provided strategic, advisory and investment advice creating wealth for stakeholders.
Steve has consulted, audited or assisted in exit events with hundreds of companies throughout the United States and Western Europe. His involvement has assisted management teams in growing, governing and merging or selling of companies to many major international groups.
As a part of Steve’s services to his clients, he has served on the Board of Directors of many companies, both public and private.
Steve is a licensed CPA, Chartered Global Management Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Valuation Analyst, and he is Certified in Financial Forensics. He is a member of the state and national CPA societies. He is a member of the Institute of Business Appraisers, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.