Primary Job Title Founder Primary Organization 
Koch Ventures
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male Also Known As David H. Koch
Website www.davidkochfoundation.org/about-david-h-koch Facebook View on Facebook X (Twitter) View on X
David Koch is an executive vice president and a board member of Koch Industries, Inc., which owns a diverse group of companies in refining, chemicals and biofuels; forest and consumer products; fertilizers; polymers and fibers; process and pollution control equipment and technologies; electronic components; commodity trading; minerals; energy;
ranching; glass; and investments. Based in Wichita, Kan., with annual revenues of about $115 billion, according to Forbes, Koch companies have more than 100,000 employees and a presence in about 60 countries. Since 2003, Koch companies have invested about $60 billion in acquisitions and other capital expenditures. Familiar Koch companies’ brands include STAINMASTER® carpet, LYCRA® fiber, Quilted Northern® tissue, and the Dixie® brand of cups, plates and cutlery.
Mr. Koch is also chairman and chief executive officer of Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries. He has lead this group of companies since joining Koch in 1970.
Before joining Koch, he was a research and process design engineer for Amicon Corporation and Arthur D. Little, Inc., both in Cambridge, Mass; and Halcon International Inc. and its affiliate, the Scientific Design Company in New York City.
Mr. Koch received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A long-time philanthropist, Mr. Koch has given generously to a variety of organizations and programs. In his lifetime, he and the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation have pledged or contributed more than $1 billion to cancer research, medical centers, educational institutions, arts and cultural institutions, and to assist public policy organizations.
Mr. Koch serves on the boards of the Cato Institute, the Reason Foundation, and Americans for Prosperity Foundation, organizations focused on applying free market principles to enhance peace, prosperity and social progress.
Other non-profit boards on which he serves are: Director, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., New York, New York, Member, Board of Directors, The Economic Club of New York, New York, Member, Board of Trustees, The Allen-Stevenson School, New York, Member, Board of Trustees, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Governor, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, Member, Board of Trustees, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, Member, Board of Visitors, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Member, Board of Trustees, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, Member, Board of Directors, Rockefeller University, New York, Member, Board of Trustees, House Research Institute, Los Angeles, Member, Board of Associates, Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Mass., Honorary Member, Board of Trustees, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Life Member of the Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., Member, Board of Trustees, The Prostate Cancer Foundation, Los Angeles, Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, American Ballet Theatre, New York, Member, Board of Directors, American Museum of Natural History, New York, Member, Board of Trustees, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, Member, Board of Directors, Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colo., Member, Board of Directors, Institute of Human Origins, Phoenix, Ariz., Member, Board of Overseers, WGBH, Channel 2, Boston, Mass., Member, James Madison Council, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C..
Mr. Koch was born in Wichita, Kansas. He and his wife, Julia, have three children.
