David H Koch

David H. Koch
David H. Koch is an executive vice president and a board member of Koch
Industries, Inc., which owns a diverse group of companies involved in refining,
chemicals, grain processing 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 estimated annual revenues as high as
$115 billion, according to Forbes, Koch companies employ more than 100,000
people worldwide, about 60,000 of those in the United States, and have a presence
in about 60 countries. Since 2003, Koch companies have invested more than $70
billion in acquisitions and other capital expenditures. From January 2009 to present,
Koch companies have earned more than 1,000 awards for safety, environmental
excellence, community stewardship, innovation, and customer service. 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.
Koch 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. The group employs more than 5,000 people and includes these businesses:
Koch-Glitsch, LP (Wichita, Kan.)
Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (Wilmington, Mass.)
Koch Heat Transfer Company, LP (Houston)
John Zink Hamworthy Combustion (Tulsa, Okla.)
Optimized Process Designs, Inc. (Houston)
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
$1.2 billion to cancer research, medical centers, educational institutions, arts and cultural institutions,
and to assist public policy organizations. Gifts of note include:
$150 million to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to build a state-of-the-art outpatient
medical facility. The donation is the largest single gift Memorial Sloan-Kettering has ever received
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and is the largest single gift Mr. Koch has ever given.
$100 million to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to help build the David H. Koch Center, a new
ambulatory care center plus $28 million to support other causes.
$66.7 million to support cancer research at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
$10 million to Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at The Mount Sinai Medical Center to create the David H.
and Julia Koch Research Program in Food Allergy Therapeutics.
$185 million in total contributions to MIT, including $100 million as prime contributor for the David H.
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, $20 million to help build a new childcare center, and
contributions that supported the Koch Biology Building and the David H. Koch School of Chemical
Engineering Practice.
$20 million to Johns Hopkins University for the David H. Koch Cancer Research Center.
$65 million to renovate the plaza at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City.
$100 million to the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, now the David H. Koch Theater.
$26.5 million to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for the David H. Koch Center for Applied Research
of Genitourinary Cancers.
$26.2 million to The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City for the 'Building on Success'
campaign and other causes
$35 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to renovate the dinosaur hall
and $15 million that created the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins.
$20 million to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City establishing the
David H. Koch Dinosaur Wing.
In 2005, Mr. Koch received a presidential appointment to the National Cancer Advisory Board of the
National Cancer Institute, serving until March 2010 when his term expired.
Mr. Koch has received numerous awards including the 2013 Intrepid Salute Award from the Intrepid
Sea, Air & Space Museum and the Humanitarian Award from the American Apparel & Footwear
Association in 2011. He has been recognized by The New York Academy of Medicine for his support of
biomedical research, healthcare and education (2004). His corporate leadership has been honored by:
the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Double Helix award (2007), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center's Excellence in Corporate Leadership award (2005) and the prestigious Corporate Citizenship
Award from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2004). Other recognition includes
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Bronze Beaver Award (2008), Deerfield Medal of the
Deerfield Academy (2003), Hospital for Special Surgery’s Philanthropy Award (2009), and Americans
for Prosperity Foundation’s George Washington Award for Principled Leadership (2007).
Mr. Koch serves on the boards of the Cato Institute, 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:
Life member, Board of Trustees, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass.
Member, Board of Directors, The Economic Club of New York, New York
Member, Board of Trustees, 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
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Member, Board of Directors, Rockefeller University, New York
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, 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, D.C.
Member, Board of Directors, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., New York
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.
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