INVESTING IN CPA FIRMS FOR THE LONG HAUL.
At Tribe, Clarke & Co., we’re not just acquiring CPA firms—we’re partnering with firm owners to create a seamless, future-focused transition.
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With deep expertise in accounting, finance, and business growth, our leadership team understands the challenges CPA firms face today. Our goal is to provide a stable, structured exit strategy for firm owners while ensuring continuity and long-term success for their clients and employees.
Tribe, Clarke & Co. was founded with a simple mission: to provide independent CPA firms with a succession option that preserves their legacy while unlocking long-term value.
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We are not Private Equity. We don’t believe in short-term financial engineering or aggressive consolidation. Instead, we take a patient, partnership-driven approach to firm ownership—where leaders maintain control, clients experience continuity, and firms continue thriving for generations.
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We acquire firms that share our values, providing them with the resources, best practices, and strategic support they need to stay competitive in an evolving industry. Our structure ensures stability, while our long-term vision protects what firm owners have spent decades building.​
If you’re considering selling your firm, let’s have a conversation—no pressure, just clarity.
About the Founder
Roberto “Rob” J. Colón, CPA
Rob Colón, is an entrepreneur and finance professional dedicated to helping CPAs grow while keeping their independence. With a background in investment banking, private equity-backed restructurings, and operational consulting, he’s built businesses, solved complex challenges, and driven sustainable growth. Before launching Tribe, Clarke & Co., Rob led several fast-growing consumer-facing businesses, and lead operations in a Financial Services business to consolidate firms nationwide and streamline operations. A Miami native and Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Miami, Rob combines big-picture strategy with real-world execution.
The Bridge Builder.
OUR INSPIRATION
By Will Allen Dromgoole
An old man going a lone highway,
Came, at the evening cold and gray,
To a chasm vast and deep and wide.
Through which was flowing a sullen tide
The old man crossed in the twilight dim,
The sullen stream had no fear for him;
But he turned when safe on the other side
And built a bridge to span the tide.
“Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim near,
“You are wasting your strength with building here;
Your journey will end with the ending day,
You never again will pass this way;
You’ve crossed the chasm, deep and wide,
Why build this bridge at evening tide?”
The builder lifted his old gray head;
“Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said,
“There followed after me to-day
A youth whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm that has been as naught to me
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be;
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
Good friend, I am building this bridge for him!”
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