Jason Murray Arnold is a professional accountant living in St Louis, Missouri. He is also well known in the wine industry and is the author of The Beginner’s Guide to Wine. Jason completed his Bachelor’s degree in Springfield, Missouri at Drury University in 2003 before furthering his studies to earn his MBA. He also graduated from the Executive Education both at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Harvard. Though he grew up in Springfield, he later moved to eastern Missouri, where he fulfilled the requirements of the Leadership Development Program at Washington University in St Louis. Jason became credentialed as a Certified Public Accountant and was hired by G&J Seiberlich & Co in Napa, California.

He relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2007 to become the Senior Auditor at Deloitte, where he managed full-scope audits for Fortune 500 companies. Arnold’s success at Deloitte earned him the recognition that brought him back home to Missouri, when he accepted a position at the CIC Group in St Louis as the Director of Finance and Financial Reporting. At the CIC Group, he was promoted to the position of Managing Director of Finance, Financial Reporting, and Directory of Risk Management. Afterwards, in 2015, he was promoted again to become the Managing Director of Finance, Financial Reporting, and Directory of Risk Management. He discovered nine-figure shortfalls on insurance coverages and oversaw numerous acquisitions. His hard work was able to save the firm millions of dollars during his tenure there.