Software entrepreneur finds his footing after personal medical scare

Sarasota software entrepreneur and real estate executive Chris Abbott got smacked with some big life challenges, and tragedies, in 2022.

First his younger sister, Brenna Marzucco, married with three kids, died at 35 years old after dealing with an illness for eight months. A few weeks later, on Easter Sunday, Abbott had his own medical issues: his colon ruptured. “I manage my stress physically,” Abbott says, “and this really pushed me over. I had 104 fever. I had sepsis.”