Joseph Deitch
Joseph S. Deitch (born June 9, 1950) is an American business executive and philanthropist, and the author of Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life. In 2018, he founded the Elevate Prize Foundation. The organization awards $10 million annually in cash and services to its recipients as well as providing resources in marketing, media, and planning to scale their enterprises. He is the founder and Chairman of Commonwealth Financial Network, the largest privately owned independent RIA-broker/dealer in the United States with over $350 billion of assets under management. In addition, Deitch is the chairman of Southworth Development, a golf and leisure real estate company. He has also served as a Broadway Producer and won a Tony Award as co-producer of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in 2012. Deitch also founded the Deitch Leadership Institute at the Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States (1635).