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My Take
David Koch is a figure I find impossible to flatten into a single judgment. An MIT-trained chemical engineer who helped build Koch Industries into one of America's largest private companies, he wielded enormous political influence that made him a lightning rod for fierce debate. Yet he also poured fortunes into hospitals, research, and the arts. I'm drawn to people who resist easy categorization, and Koch is exactly that: brilliant, polarizing, consequential. Whatever your politics, you cannot tell the story of late-twentieth-century American power and money without him. His 2019 death closed a genuinely outsized chapter.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Koch
- Name (Japanese)
- デイビッド・コーク
- Reading
- でいびっど・こーく
- Born
- May 3, 1940 – August 23, 2019
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- businessperson / engineer / entrepreneur / politician / merchant
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was David Koch born?
May 3, 1940 – August 23, 2019.
Where is David Koch from?
David Koch is from Wichita, Kansas, United States.
What does David Koch do?
David Koch works as businessperson, engineer, entrepreneur, politician, merchant.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.