Ken Kaplan
Ken Kaplan is the Managing Partner for Kaplan CFO Solutions, which provides embedded, interim CFOs for fast-growing companies and those in transition. At 29 he became one of the youngest General Managers of a Fortune 500 subsidiary. In 1998, as VP/CFO of a national medical supply manufacturer, he led a successful ownership transition by raising $16.5 million in debt and equity, negotiating the successful sale of the company three years later. Since then, Ken has engineered successful turnarounds at two multi-generation, family-owned companies and managed exponential growth as the CFO of a solar design & installation company, which was ranked as Inc. Magazine's 46th fastest growing company for 2011. Today, Kaplan CFO Solutions features 11 CFOs who work with more than 20 clients across Western North Carolina.
Like ‘em or hate ‘em, trade tariffs are part of the business equation and have been since 1789. Tariffs have been both a source of revenue for the government — at one time representing 85 to 90% of all federal revenues — and as a negotiating tool for opening foreign markets to U.S. exports. But for...
