President, Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT)
Chase Koch is the president of Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), a subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc. (Koch). KDT’s role is to partner with entrepreneurs who are creating a “could-be” world and driving continual transformation by investing in technology companies that disrupt and transform Koch’s core businesses and expand it into new platforms and capabilities.
In the summer of 1993, he began his career at Koch Industries at a feed yard in Syracuse, KS. Chase recalls that summer as a turning point in his life, learning important life lessons from manual labor and hard work. Following graduation from Texas A&M University in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in business marketing, he worked in Texas for a consulting firm. In 2003, he returned to Wichita as a financial analyst for Koch Equity Development Group.
In 2006, Chase joined Koch Nitrogen Company, serving in regional management and global supply positions. He later served in multiple leadership positions for both Koch Fertilizer, LLC and Koch Agronomic Services, LLC.
Chase serves as a board member of Koch Industries, Inc. and the Charles Koch Foundation, and is the founder of Stand Together Ventures, a unique network of business leaders that focus on developing transformative and disruptive solutions which help break the barriers that stand in the way of unleashing human potential. Chase has also launched a new strategy within Stand Together, focused on using the power of music to help remove barriers and help people to improve their lives, including a new initiative called Stand Together Jam Together.
Based in Wichita, Kansas, Koch Industries, Inc. is one of the largest private companies in America, with estimated annual revenues that have exceeded $125 billion. It owns a diverse group of companies involved in industrial manufacturing, agriculture, building materials, glass, automotive components, refining, renewable energy, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, packaging, consumer products, electronics, enterprise software, data analytics, medical products, engineered technology, project services, recycling, supply chain and logistics, global commodities trading, and investments. Since 2003, Koch companies have invested nearly $150 billion in growth and improvements. With a presence in more than 70 countries, Koch companies employ more than 120,000 people worldwide, with about half of those in the United States.