Lyle K. Benson, Jr. is the President and Founder of L.K. Benson & Company, a CPA/Financial Planning firm based in Baltimore, Maryland.  The firm specializes in personal financial planning, tax and investment advisory services for individuals and families as well as corporate executives and entrepreneurial, closely held business owners across the country.  Prior to starting the firm in 1994, he was a partner in a local CPA firm, building their financial planning practice over a fifteen year period. 

Lyle has a B.A. in Accounting from Loyola College in Maryland, a Masters of Science in Taxation from the University of Baltimore.  His professional designations include CPA, PFS (Personal Financial Specialist), and CFP (Certified Financial Planner).  As a leader in the financial planning and accounting professions, he has served in many roles of various professional organizations over the past 40 years and is a past chairman of the AICPA PFP Division Executive Committee and co-founder and chair of the AICPA PFP Summit. He is also a member of the CCH Financial and Estate Planning Advisory Board and co-founder and chair of the Athena Study Group. He has been a long-time member and past board member of the Baltimore Estate Planning Council.

He was awarded The AICPA Distinguished Service Award in 1997, The Insiders Forum Leadership Award in 2022, and was inducted into the NAEPC Estate Planning Hall of Fame in 2023.