Ed Butowsky is an internationally recognized expert in the investment wealth management industry. Butowsky has been in the financial services industry for over 22 years. Ed started his career with Morgan Stanley and was a Senior Vice President in private wealth management. In his 18 years at Morgan Stanley, he was the firm’s top producer nationally as well as the first advisor to surpass one billion dollars in assets under management. He was also recognized as a member of both the Chairman’s Club and the Equity Club, a distinction reserved for only the top advisors at the Morgan Stanley.

Through his work with professional athletes, Butowsky was recently featured in the Sports Illustrated article, “How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke.” This article to date is the most popular article in Sports Illustrated history. He is also a frequent guest on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox Business News, FOX News Channel, and Bloomberg TV. Butowsky is often seen on “Varney and Co.”, “Willis Report”, “America’s News HQ” as well as “Taking Stock” with Pimm Fox. Ed is also regularly heard on radio shows around the country such as “Mad Dog Radio” and “Bloomberg Radio” discussing wealth management, economics and other subjects that are of interest and timely related to the finance/investments world. Most recently, Ed was featured as one of seven financial coaches/experts in the first of its kind online reality series, “The Invested Life”, a nine month series featuring real people facing today’s most common money concerns and their journey to taking control of their finances.

Ed has lectured at Yale University, NYU Stern School of Business, and SMU Cox School of Business and speaks around the country to financial advisors on how to properly manage portfolios. Butowsky is also the originator of the CHIP score. The CHIP score is the first metric designed to properly and effectively evaluate and score a portfolio’s strength based on all elements that attribute to portfolio performance; rate of return, risk, inflation, taxes, management fees and investment fees.

Butowsky launched Chapwood Investments, LLC in 2005, a private wealth management advisory firm focusing on providing comprehensive financial counseling and investment advice to wealthy families and individuals.

Recognizing the need for high-quality alternative investments in 2010, Ed’s passion for alternative investments lead him to launch Chapwood CustomHedge Portfolio Advisory Services, LLC. A new and unique alternative investment management platform designed to work with RIAs (registered investment advisors) and broker dealers around the country, providing accessibility and customization using investments previously unavailable to most individual investors.

Ed is a well-respected member of the Plano/Dallas community. He is an avid tennis and golf player and resides with his family in Plano, Texas.