From wealthy hedge fund manager to federal prisoner

Joseph F. “Chip” Skowron will be speaking Friday January 17 at the Coconut Grove Chapter of New Canaan Society on the lessons he learned during his incredible journey from wealthy hedge fund manager to federal prison.  The event takes place 8 am at Berries in the Grove, 2884 SW 27th Avenue.  Breakfast is served at 7 am.

After graduating from the Yale School of Medicine and then completing 3 years of orthopedic residency training at Harvard, Dr. Skowron made a major career shift and launched his own hedge fund that grew to be one of the largest healthcare funds in the world.   

After the fund became the focus of an investigation, Chip’s investment career ended. In 2011 he pled guilty to insider trading and in 2012 he entered Federal Prison to begin his 5-year sentence. 

Prison was one of the hardest and best seasons of his life and the jarring loss of his fortune and freedom and the decisions leading to his prison sentence invited a reckoning that transformed his life. 

In prison he met Biggs Burke and together they founded the New Canaan Society-Inside, an outreach to prisoners. 

Chip lives in Greenwich, CT with his wife and four children and now speaks regularly about his spiritual journey to men’s groups, students and Wall Street brokers.

New Canaan Society is a Christian men’s group that meets weekly on Fridays 7-9am at Berries in the Grove that is open to all men seeking to improve their lives by becoming better husbands, fathers, sons, brothers and business partners.  
More information on New Canaan Society and this event can be found at the Coconut Grove Chapter website: newcanaansociety.org/coconut-grove/

- David Winker