Chase Koch

As executive vice president of Koch, Inc, Chase originates new opportunities and preferred partnerships for the company. Chase is especially focused on helping technology-related and family-owned businesses unlock their potential by bringing the “Koch as a Lab” model and mutually beneficial flexible capital solutions to be the preferred partner of choice. Chase also founded and developed Koch Disruptive Technologies, a unique investment firm that partners with principled entrepreneurs building companies with extraordinary potential to transform industries.

Chase started working at Koch at age 15, shoveling manure and digging post holes at a cattle feed yard in Syracuse, Kansas. Later in his career, he worked for a decade across several roles in Koch Fertilizer before becoming President of the business. He later served as Executive Vice President at Koch Agronomic Services, LLC, before founding Koch Disruptive Technologies.

Chase is passionate about his work with Stand Together, a philanthropic community transforming how America thinks about, talks about, and tackles major challenges. As the founder and Chairman of Stand Together Ventures, Chase partners with a diverse network of business leaders who are pioneering innovative solutions to societal problems. He also founded Stand Together Music, that has expanded to unite leaders across music, sports, entertainment, media and communities to create cultural movements that reshape how society approaches addiction, criminal justice, poverty and other pressing issues.

Currently, he sits on the boards of Koch, the Charles Koch Foundation, and Stand Together Trust.

Based in Wichita, Kansas, Koch, Inc. is one of the largest private companies in America, with annual revenues that have exceeded $125 billion. It owns a diverse group of companies involved in manufacturing, agriculture, pulp and paper, packaging, consumer products, building materials, glass, automotive components, refining, renewable energy, chemicals and polymers, electronics, software, network solutions, health care technology, engineered technology, project services, recycling, supply chain and logistics, commodities trading, real estate, and investments. Since 2003, Koch companies have invested more than $168 billion in growth and improvements. With a presence in more than 50 countries, Koch companies employ about 120,000 people worldwide, with nearly half of those in the United States.