M.S Accounting, University of Virginia, 1992
B.S. Accounting, Florida State University, 1991
Asset Management
Asset Servicing
Blockchain/Digital Assets
Mikael Johnson is the co-director of the Alternative Investments and Wealth Management program at Florida State University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Business.
Johnson completed a 34-year career in public accounting serving clients in the asset management/alternative investments, asset servicing and blockchain/digital assets industries, retiring from KPMG in September 2026. He co-founded three practices while at KPMG, focusing the firm's resources on the aforementioned industries. He now leads his own strategic advisory firm in addition to contributing to the college’s Alternative Investments and Wealth Management program.
A native of South Florida, Mikael has a life-long passion for the sport of ice hockey as a fan, player and coach. He has coached youth hockey for 10 years, and his teams have won two New Jersey state championships and one second-place finish.
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