On Becoming a CFO

If your aim is to become a CFO, Leslie Stevens-Huffman interviewed two in California about their career paths.

Forget everything you've heard. The road to the CFO's chair doesn't always pass through public accounting firms and big company detours that could leave you stranded, staring at spreadsheets in your cubicle for decades. Here's some advice from two CFOs about how to break into the management game.

Here's her story.