Howard Fischer
InvestorSteward, Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist at Gratitude Railroad
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Howard Fischer is co-founder and Chief Evangelist of Gratitude Railroad and a member of its Board of Stewards. He founded and formerly led Basso Capital Management, a hedge fund management firm where he spent 30 years overseeing marketing, convertible securities hedge funds, and a SPAC arbitrage fund; earlier he co-headed the institutional convertible trading desk at Smith Barney and traded convertibles at Drexel Burnham Lambert and Cohen Feit & Company, having begun his career as a Certified Public Accountant. He holds a B.S.E. in Accounting and Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and was a 2013 and 2014 fellow in Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative.
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Impact & Social Good
Investments
Board seats
Atlas Impact PartnersBlackdirt CapitalBuilders FundDoneGood
Per the firm's website.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Howard Fischer?
- Howard Fischer is co-founder and Chief Evangelist of Gratitude Railroad and a member of its Board of Stewards. He founded and formerly led Basso Capital Management, a hedge fund management firm where he spent 30 years overseeing marketing, convertible securities hedge funds, and a SPAC arbitrage fund; earlier he co-headed the institutional convertible trading desk at Smith Barney and traded convertibles at Drexel Burnham Lambert and Cohen Feit & Company, having begun his career as a Certified Public Accountant. He holds a B.S.E. in Accounting and Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and was a 2013 and 2014 fellow in Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative.
- Where does Howard Fischer work?
- Howard Fischer is Steward, Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist at Gratitude Railroad.
- What does Howard Fischer invest in?
- Howard Fischer invests in Impact & Social Good.
- What boards does Howard Fischer sit on?
- Howard Fischer holds tracked board seats at Atlas Impact Partners, Blackdirt Capital, Builders Fund, DoneGood.









