Joe is the founder and chairman of Commonwealth Financial Network, which currently has approximately $350B in assets under management. Commonwealth has won almost 50 “Best Place to Work” awards from regional and national publications. And JD Power has ranked it the highest in customer satisfaction in its industry every time the survey has been conducted.

He is also chairman of Southworth Development, a golf and resort real estate company with award-winning properties in the United States, Scotland and The Bahamas.

In 2011, Joe helped form Commonwealth Cares to maximize the impact of Commonwealth Financial Network’s charitable efforts. Since its inception in 2010, Commonwealth Cares has supported more than 400 different organizations that relieve human suffering, promote social and economic growth, and protect our planet’s resources.

In 2012, he founded the Deitch Leadership Institute at the Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States. The institute provides leadership training and focuses on the individual growth of students as well as on community improvement.

And in 2018, Joe created The Elevate Prize https://elevateprize.org to find, fund, and celebrate social heroes around the world. In addition to promoting the work of its remarkable winners, The Elevate Prize seeks to inspire the world by “Making Good Famous”, and demonstrating to people from all walks of life that they have agency to elevate their own lives and their respective communities.

Joe is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, and the author of the bestselling book, Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life.