David Koch information

David Koch
David Koch
	Koch in 2015
Born	David Hamilton Koch; May 3, 1940; Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Died	August 23, 2019 (aged 79); Southampton, New York, U.S.
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS)
Occupation	Vice president of Koch Industries
Known for	Support of libertarian and conservative causes; Philanthropy to cultural and medical institutions
Political party	Libertarian (before 1984); Republican (1984–2019)
Board member of	Aspen Institute, Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, WGBH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Ballet Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Deerfield Academy, New York–Presbyterian Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, American Museum of Natural History
Spouse	Julia Flesher (m. 1996)
Children	3
Parent(s)	Fred C. Koch; Mary Robinson
Relatives	Frederick R. Koch (brother); Charles Koch (brother); Bill Koch (twin brother)

David Hamilton Koch (/koʊk/ KOHK; May 3, 1940 – August 23, 2019) was an American businessman, political activist, philanthropist, and chemical engineer. In 1970, he joined the family business: Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the United States. He became president of the subsidiary Koch Engineering in 1979 and became a co-owner of Koch Industries (along with elder brother Charles) in 1983. Koch served as an executive vice president of Koch Industries until he retired due to health issues in 2018.

Koch was a libertarian. He was the 1980 Libertarian candidate for Vice President of the United States and helped finance the campaign. He founded Citizens for a Sound Economy and donated to advocacy groups and political campaigns, most of which were Republican. Koch became a Republican in 1984; in 2012, he spent over $100 million in a failed bid to oppose the re-election of President Barack Obama.

Koch was the fourth-richest person in the United States in 2012 and was the wealthiest resident of New York City in 2013. As of June 2019, Koch was ranked as the 11th-richest person in the world (tied with his brother Charles), with a fortune of $50.5 billion. Koch contributed to the Lincoln Center, Sloan Kettering, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, and the Dinosaur Wing at the American Museum of Natural History. The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, home of the New York City Ballet, was renamed the David H. Koch Theater in 2008 following Koch's gift of $100 million for the renovation of the theater.

^ Cite error: The named reference Mayer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Goldman, Andrew (July 25, 2010). "The Billionaire's Party: David Koch is New York's second-richest man, a celebrated patron of the arts, and the tea party's wallet". New York. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2010.

[Mayer-1] Cite error: The named reference Mayer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Wallet-2] Goldman, Andrew (July 25, 2010). "The Billionaire's Party: David Koch is New York's second-richest man, a celebrated patron of the arts, and the tea party's wallet". New York. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2010.

David Koch information

and 19 Related for: David Koch information

David Koch

Koch Industries

Koch family

Koch family foundations

Julia Koch

Charles Koch

Koch network

Chase Koch

Ed Koch

Melissa Doyle

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

Sam Koch

Citizen Koch

Tea Party movement

Bush family

Americans for Prosperity

Matt Koch

Bobby Koch

Jim Koch

David Koch
Koch in 2015
Born	David Hamilton Koch (1940-05-03)May 3, 1940 Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Died	August 23, 2019(2019-08-23) (aged 79) Southampton, New York, U.S.
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS)
Occupation	Vice president of Koch Industries
Known for	Support of libertarian and conservative causes Philanthropy to cultural and medical institutions^[1]^[2]
Political party	Libertarian (before 1984) Republican (1984–2019)
Board member of	Aspen Institute, Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, WGBH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Ballet Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Deerfield Academy, New York–Presbyterian Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, American Museum of Natural History
Spouse	Julia Flesher (m. 1996)
Children	3
Parent(s)	Fred C. Koch Mary Robinson
Relatives	Frederick R. Koch (brother) Charles Koch (brother) Bill Koch (twin brother)

Libertarianism in the United States
This article is part of a series on

Schools Agorism Anarcho-capitalism Austro Autarchism Bleeding-heart Christian Consequentialist Feminist Fusionism Geo Green Market anarchism Minarchism Natural-rights Neo Paleo Panarchism Paternalist Propertarianism Techno Transhumanist Voluntaryism
Principles Anti-imperialism Civil libertarianism Constitutionalism Counter-economics Decentralization Departurism Economic freedom Evictionism Free banking Free market Free-market environmentalism Free migration Free trade Free will Freedom of association Freedom of contract Freedom of speech Homestead principle Individuality Individualism Liberty Limited government Localism Marriage privatization Natural rights and legal rights Non-aggression principle Non-interventionism Non-politics Non-voting Open border Polycentric law Private defense agency Private property Public choice theory Restorative justice Right to bear arms Rugged Individualism Self-ownership Single tax Small government Spontaneous order Stateless society Tax resistance Title-transfer theory of contract Voluntary association Voluntary society
History Age of Enlightenment Abolitionism in the United States Classical liberalism Anti-Federalism Transcendentalism Individualist anarchism in the United States Old Right New Left Freedom School
Economics Austrian School Economic liberalism Fiscal conservatism Georgism Laissez-faire Neoliberalism Supply-side economics
Intellectuals Andrews Barnett Block Brennan Carson Chartier Chodorov Ebeling Epstein D. Friedman M. Friedman P. Friedman R. Friedman Galambos Garrett George Greene Harper Hazlitt Heinlein Hess Heywood Hoppe Hospers Huemer Kinsella Konkin C. Lane R. Lane LeFevre Machan McElroy Mencken Menger Mises Nock Nozick Paterson Pugsley Rand Read Rockwell Rothbard Sarwark Schulman Sciabarra Scott Smith Somin Sowell Skousen Swartz Szasz Thiel Thoreau Tucker Volokh Warren Wilder Williams Yarvin
Commentators Boghossian Caplan Chamberlain Gillespie Gutfeld Johnson Jorgensen Postrel Stossel Woods
Politicians Amash Burt Cleveland Coolidge Nolan Paul Ventura
Issues Abortion Capital punishment Criticism Foreign affairs Immigration Intellectual property Internal debates LGBT rights Objectivism Political parties Politics State Theories of law
Culture Come and take it Gadsden flag Libertarian science fiction Ron Swanson
Organizations Cato Institute Federalist Society Free State Project Foundation for Economic Education International Alliance of Libertarian Parties Libertarian Party Liberty International Mises Institute Reason Foundation Students for a Democratic Society Students for Liberty
Works The Anarchist Cookbook Anarchy, State, and Utopia The Betrayal of the American Right Civil Disobedience Conceived in Liberty Defending the Undefendable The Discovery of Freedom End the Fed The Ethics of Liberty For a New Liberty Free to Choose The God of the Machine Liberty The Machinery of Freedom Man, Economy and State The Moon is a Harsh Mistress The Mainspring of Human Progress The Market for Liberty No, They Can't No Treason New Libertarian Manifesto Our Enemy, the State The Problem of Political Authority Progress and Poverty Protection or Free Trade Radicals for Capitalism Seeing Like a State To Serve and Protect The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
See also American militia movement Boogaloo movement Conservatism in the United States Dark Enlightenment Jacobs Jillette Koch (Charles) Koch (David) Left-libertarianism Liberalism in the United States Libertarian conservatism Libertarian Democrat Libertarian Republican Libertarian socialism Libertarianism in Hong Kong Libertarianism in South Africa Libertarianism in the United Kingdom New Right Objectivism On Democracy in America Outline of libertarianism Prince Napolitano Right-libertarianism Sovereign citizen movement Spooner Taleb Teller Wilson
Liberalism portal Conservatism portal Libertarianism portal United States portal
v t e