Jonathan Booth

Mr. Jonathan Booth, CFA CPA, is Co-Founder, Partner & Chief Executive Officer at Booth-Laird Enterprises LLC.
Prior to co-founding Booth-Laird in 2007, Mr. Booth worked for three years as an auditor with Ernst & Young, LLP and KPMG, LLP.
While at KPMG, he served as the only South Louisiana member on the KPMG Point-of-View group, an internal group of highly rated employees across the United States focused on strategic initiatives and determining best practices.
Subsequent to KPMG, he worked for a year in Governor Bobby Jindal's administration as the Assistant Director of State Economic Competitiveness, a subgroup of the Department of Economic Development serving as a brain trust to work on the Department's most complex issues, including the State's economic policy.
The group was comprised of four members, including graduates from the London School of Economics, the Wharton School of Business, and the Louisiana State University MBA program in addition to Mr. Booth.
Among a number of other significant projects, he helped craft the department-wide business plan for Fiscal Year 2009-2010, which further developed his strategic planning capabilities.
He also met with representatives of the business community to help resolve issues or to hear proposals, which gave him further insight into various industries and business models.
Mr. Booth earned a bachelor's of science in accounting from Louisiana State University, graduating summa cum laude, and earned a master of science in accounting from LSU.