David Koch
David Hamilton Koch ( ; 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Yong-Kyu Chu, Douglas Goodin, Robert D. Owen, David Koch, Colleen B. JonssonGet full text
Published 2009-12-01
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2by Marlen Schmicker, Inga Menze, David Koch, Ulrike Rumpf, Patrick Müller, Lasse Pelzer, Notger G. MüllerGet full text
Published 2019-07-01
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3by Zeynep Mirza, Ernesto R. Soto, Yan Hu, Thanh-Thanh Nguyen, David Koch, Raffi V. Aroian, Gary R. OstroffGet full text
Published 2020-06-01
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4by Corina Nüesch, Petros Ismailidis, David Koch, Geert Pagenstert, Thomas Ilchmann, Anke Eckardt, Karl Stoffel, Christian Egloff, Annegret MündermannGet full text
Published 2021-08-01
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5by Michael G Hughes, William W Tucker, Sreelatha Reddy, Michael E Brier, David Koch, Craig J McClain, Colleen B Jonsson, Nobuyuki Matoba, Donghoon ChungGet full text
Published 2017-01-01
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6by Ruksan Nadarajah, Joachim Landers, Soma Salamon, David Koch, Shabbir Tahir, Carlos Doñate-Buendía, Benjamin Zingsem, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Wolfgang Donner, Michael Farle, Heiko Wende, Bilal GökceGet full text
Published 2021-07-01
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7by Ruksan Nadarajah, Joachim Landers, Soma Salamon, David Koch, Shabbir Tahir, Carlos Doñate‑Buendía, Benjamin Zingsem, Rafal E. Dunin‑Borkowski, Wolfgang Donner, Michael Farle, Heiko Wende, Bilal GökceGet full text
Published 2021-08-01
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8by Alexander M. C. Böhner, David Koch, Frederic Carsten Schmeel, Fred Röhner, Felix Schoroth, Gustavo R. Sarria, Alina-Valik Abramian, Brigitta Gertrud Baumert, Frank Anton Giordano, Leonard Christopher SchmeelGet full text
Published 2020-08-01
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9by Ruksan Nadarajah, Shabbir Tahir, Joachim Landers, David Koch, Anna S. Semisalova, Jonas Wiemeler, Ayman El-Zoka, Se-Ho Kim, Detlef Utzat, Rolf Möller, Baptiste Gault, Heiko Wende, Michael Farle, Bilal GökceGet full text
Published 2020-11-01
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10by Matthew Randesi, Orna Levran, Joel Correa da Rosa, Julia Hankins, Jody Rule, Mary Jeanne Kreek, William M. Lee, Adrian Reuben, Robert J. Fontana, Timothy Davern, Brendan McGuire, R. Todd Stravitz, Valerie Durkalski, Iris Liou, Oren Fix, Michael Schilsky, Daniel Ganger, MD, Raymond T. Chung, David Koch, K. Rajender Reddy, Lorenzo RossaroGet full text
Published 2017-05-01
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