Two years after Bill Cobb accepted the job as CEO of H&R Block Inc., he’s made a dent in the company’s goals to grow by focusing on its core tax business, but he’s still got plenty to do.
The company started by shedding noncore assets. H&R Block sold its brokerage business and subprime mortgage unit Option One Mortgage Corp. before Cobb started. He finished the sale of accounting firm RSM McGladrey Inc. and is in the process of trying to sell H&R Block Bank.
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Two years after Bill Cobb accepted the job as CEO of H&R Block Inc., he’s made a dent in the company’s goals to grow by focusing on its core tax business, but he’s still got plenty to do.
The company started by shedding noncore assets. H&R Block sold its brokerage business and subprime mortgage unit Option One Mortgage Corp. before Cobb started. He finished the sale of accounting firm RSM McGladrey Inc. and is in the process of trying to sell H&R Block Bank.
Read a related Q&A with Bill…