Chip Skowron is a Managing Director and Head of Corporate Strategy at LifeSci Partners, where he brings a rare combination of deep scientific training, decades of healthcare investment experience, and a uniquely human perspective to building exceptional life sciences companies.
As a physician and research scientist, Chip was uniquely positioned to become an expert in healthcare investments. After working at several renowned hedge funds, he founded and grew FrontPoint Healthcare into a world-class asset management business — launching their first fund in 2003 and growing assets under management to in excess of one billion dollars by 2005. He and his partners sold FrontPoint to Morgan Stanley, and during the financial crisis the firm became notable for being one of the few that successfully navigated the storm. At the end of 2010, Chip became the focus of a criminal insider trading investigation, and in 2011 was sentenced to five years in Federal Prison for conspiracy to commit securities fraud and obstruction of justice. He was released in May 2015. The years inside proved to be the best education of his life — reshaping his character and deepening his understanding of risk, judgment, and accountability. It was there that he discovered the importance and power of community, and came to believe that a faith-centered community is an essential element of human thriving — a conviction that now informs every aspect of his personal and professional life.
Chip was born and raised in Cocoa, FL. He graduated from Vanderbilt University and went on to complete his Medical Degree and Ph.D. in Cell Biology at Yale. After three years of orthopedic residency at Harvard, he chose to leave clinical medicine and pursue a career on Wall Street.
Chip is a committed follower of Jesus and an active participant in prison ministry. He has served on numerous for-profit and non-profit boards including Americares, Prison Fellowship, FrontPoint, and First Loved Ministries.
Chip and his wife have four adult children and live in Greenwich, CT.