Angel Zhen, CPA, EA, MST – 2025 40 Under 40 Honoree
Founder & Principal
Angel Zhen CPA APC
www.angelzhencpa.com
Career Highlights
In my 14th tax season, I operate a fully virtual, zero-employee solo practice serving 300+ clients nationwide — specializing in real estate investors and high-income solopreneurs — generating over $600K in annual revenue. This past year I was named CPA.com’s 2025 Most Innovative Practitioner and completed the AICPA Leadership Academy.
I was selected for a feature article in the Journal of Accountancy’s June 2026 print issue — the first print edition since 2021 — distributed to 394,000+ AICPA members. My practice is built around AI-native workflows, allowing me to file 300 tax returns annually with zero staff while taking 12 weeks off.
What are you doing to make a difference in the profession, your community or the world?
I created the Profitable Solopreneur Playbook, purchased by 290+ practitioners learning to build high-revenue solo practices. I founded the Solo CPA’s Syndicate, a 435+ member community for independent CPAs sharing systems, pricing strategies, and AI workflows. I publish regularly on LinkedIn, documenting how AI is reshaping solo practice economics — not as thought-experiment content, but from the operational reality of running a practice designed around it. My mission is to show the profession that solo doesn’t mean small.
Current Professional Reading / Listening:
Journal of Accountancy, CPA Practice Advisor, Wall Street Journal, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday, and The Profitable Solopreneur Playbook — which I wrote as a mindset blueprint for my own transition from W-2 employee to solo practice owner, and now serves as a guide for hundreds of practitioners building the same path.
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