David H. Koch is an executive vice president and a board member of Koch Industries, Inc., which owns a diverse group of companies with more than $90 billion in revenues, 80,000 employees, and a presence in nearly 60 countries. Based in Wichita, Kan., Koch Industries is involved in refining and chemicals; process and pollution control equipment and technologies; minerals and fertilizers; fibers and polymers; commodity and financial trading and services; and forest and consumer products. Familiar Koch companies' brands include STAINMASTER® carpet, LYCRA® spandex, Quilted Northern® tissue and Dixie® cups and tableware.
Mr. Koch, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, applies that scientific expertise in his other role as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries. The Chemical Technology Group serves municipalities, oil refineries and chemical plants around the globe with research and development, manufacturing and sales of process and pollution control equipment. This group employs about 4,000 people.
Prior to joining Koch Industries in 1970, Mr. Koch worked as a research engineer and process design engineer for Amicon Corporation, in Cambridge, Mass.; Arthur D. Little, Inc., also in Cambridge, Mass.; and Halcon International, Inc. and its affiliate, the Scientific Design Company in New York City.
In 2005, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Cambridge College, and was honored by the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for Excellence in Corporate Leadership. Mr. Koch was honored with the prestigious Corporate Citizenship Award from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2004, and other recognition includes the Manhattan Republican Party's Business Statesman of the Year award in 2002 and the Entrepreneurial Leadership Award from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship.
Mr. Koch received a presidential appointment to the National Cancer Advisory Board of the National Cancer Institute in 2004, and was honored by The New York Academy of Medicine for his support of biomedical research, healthcare and education. He has also been active in the public policy field, serving on the boards of the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation. These organizations are focused on applying market-based concepts to enhance peace, prosperity and social progress.
Mr. Koch was born in Wichita, Kansas. He and his wife, Julia, have three children.
Director & Executive Vice President
Koch Industries
