David H. Koch
David H. Koch
David Hamilton Kochis an American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer. He joined the family business Koch Industries, a conglomerate that is the second-largest privately held company in the United States, in 1970. He became president of the subsidiary Koch Engineering in 1979, and became a co-owner of Koch Industries, with older brother Charles, in 1983. He is now an executive vice president. Koch is an influential libertarian. He was the 1980 candidate for Vice President of the United...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth3 May 1940
CountryUnited States of America
I went to my first dinosaur hall with my father and twin brother. We went to the American Museum of Natural History, and I was blown away by the dinosaurs.
I think to balance the budget, probably every federal department has to take cuts in my opinion.
The way I look at it is, cancer research is absolutely nonpartisan. Cancer is very democratic in the sense that it attacks people regardless of their race, their gender, their national background, or their political persuasions.
You know, once you've stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.
When I was a bachelor with a different girl on my arm every week, people didn't think I was quite legitimate.
The only dancing I did was at the discotheques. I was a very good disco dancer. I say that I learned disco dancing at the wrong places.
When our bodies are violated by this horrible disease of cancer, we're in total shock because it's so unexpected.