Howard Irwin Fischer
Founder at Gratitude Management LLC
Profile
Howard is co-founder and Chief Evangelist of Gratitude Railroad and serves on its Board of Stewards.
He is also the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Basso Capital Management, L.P.
a hedge fund management company.
Over his 30 years at the firm he led its marketing, convertible securities hedge funds and SPAC arbitrage fund.
Previously, Howard was co-head of the institutional convertible trading desk at Smith Barney.
Before Smith Barney, he was a convertible trader at Drexel Burnham Lambert and at Cohen Feit & Company.
Prior to his trading career, Howard was a Certified Public Accountant in both public and private practice.
Howard serves on the boards of 1% For The Planet, The Carbon Underground and Garrison Institute’s Compassionate Leaders in Finance program.
He advises BrightEdge, the investment fund of the American Cancer Society.
Howard has served on several for profit boards including DoneGood, Builders Fund, Atlas Impact Partners and Blackdirt Capital.
Howard holds a B.S.E.
in Accounting and Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and was a 2013 and 2014 fellow in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University.
Howard Irwin Fischer active positions
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DoneGood PBC
DoneGood PBC Department StoresRetail Trade DoneGood PBC develops an online platform that enables individuals to find businesses. Its platform also enables individuals to shop at businesses that are supporting as well as create a financial incentives. The company was founded by Cullen William Schwarz and Scott Jeffrey Jacobsen in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Director/Board Member | 2016-12-31 |
Gratitude Management LLC
Gratitude Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gratitude Management LLC (Gratitude Railroad) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Howard Fischer and Eric Jacobsen. The firm is headquartered in Park City, Utah. | Founder | 2013-07-31 |
Brightedge Ventures
Brightedge Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Brightedge Ventures (Brightedge Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of American Cancer Society, Inc founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | Consultant / Advisor | 2021-09-30 |
Former positions of Howard Irwin Fischer
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Basso Capital Management LP
Basso Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Basso Capital Management LP (Basso) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2003 by Howard Fischer and Dwight Nelson. Basso provides discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services to family offices on behalf of high-net-worth individuals, families and their associated entities. | Chief Executive Officer | 2022-12-31 |
Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Smith Barney & Co., Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Howard Irwin Fischer
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Undergraduate Degree |
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Basso Capital Management LP
Basso Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Basso Capital Management LP (Basso) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2003 by Howard Fischer and Dwight Nelson. Basso provides discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services to family offices on behalf of high-net-worth individuals, families and their associated entities. | Finance |
Smith Barney & Co., Inc. | Finance |
Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. | Process Industries |
DoneGood PBC
DoneGood PBC Department StoresRetail Trade DoneGood PBC develops an online platform that enables individuals to find businesses. Its platform also enables individuals to shop at businesses that are supporting as well as create a financial incentives. The company was founded by Cullen William Schwarz and Scott Jeffrey Jacobsen in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Retail Trade |
Gratitude Management LLC
Gratitude Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gratitude Management LLC (Gratitude Railroad) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Howard Fischer and Eric Jacobsen. The firm is headquartered in Park City, Utah. | Finance |
Brightedge Ventures
Brightedge Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Brightedge Ventures (Brightedge Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of American Cancer Society, Inc founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | Finance |
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