My Remarkable Life

Entrepreneur. Congressman. Convicted Felon. Presidential Pardon Recipient.

Chris Collins rose to the highest levels of business and politics—only to face a fall from grace that nearly destroyed him. As a successful entrepreneur and the first member of Congress to endorse Donald J. Trump for President, Collins was a power player at the peak of American influence. You could often find him in the halls of Congress, in Presidential meetings in the Roosevelt room, aboard Air Force One, or inside the Oval Office.

Then came a public scandal that ended in federal prison—and a presidential pardon that stunned the nation.

This is the inside story of how a man who built an empire lost it all, and what it took to survive the darkest days of isolation. Brutally honest, surprisingly hopeful, and deeply human, My Remarkable Life is a story of accountability, resilience, and the long road back.

Author Biography

Chris Collins is an American politician and businessman who served as the United States Congressman for Western New York from 2013 until his resignation in 2019. Collins was elected Erie County (New York) Executive in 2007 and held that position for one four-year term.

Collins was the first member of Congress to endorse Donald J. Trump for president in 2016 and served on Trump’s presidential transition team. Collins is a serial entrepreneur with a successful private sector career, which includes owning twenty-two different companies. Collins is a graduate of NC State University with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and was honored to be inducted into the NC State Mechanical Engineering Hall of Fame. He is also a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham with an MBA.