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David Koch
David Hamilton Koch was an American businessman, philanthropist, limited government advocate 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 in 1983. Koch served as an executive vice president of Koch…
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business · American businessman and philanthropist (1940–2019) · businessperson · engineer · entrepreneur · politician · merchant · chemist · political activist · philanthropist · chemical engineer · also David Koch, David Hamilton Koch, David Harold Fink, David H. Koch, Koch
Born 3 May 1940 · Died 23 August 2019 · Q1174641
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
Forbes: David Koch’s Son Is Backing Kamala Harris For President
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2023· 2 entries
7NEWS Australia: Former Sunrise host David Koch’s surprise marriage update following TV exit: ‘Nick off!’
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PolitiFact rated the claim “A photo shows Australian TV host David Koch being detained by police.” False.
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2019· 2 entries
Died 2019-08-23.
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Reported net worth: $50.5B (as of 2019).
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2015· 2 entries
Committed $150 million to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City to build the David H
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The Intercept reported that the Kochs' philanthropic efforts exist alongside continued funding of "tough-on-crime" political candidates and committees pushing for harsher sentencing
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2014· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “The Koch brothers bought NPR and stopped the broadcaster's coverage of climate change.” False.
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Koch survived and said in an interview in 2014 that it helped change his life and prompted him to become "tremendously philanthropic."
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That it helped change his life and prompted him to become "tremendously philanthropic
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2013· 1 entry
Gave $100 million to NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, the then-largest philanthropic donation in its history, beginning a $2 billion campaign, to conclude in 2019, for a new ambulatory care center and renovation of the
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2012· 4 entries
And was the wealthiest resident of New York City in 2013
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Koch spent over $100 million in a failed bid to oppose the re-election of President Barack Obama
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Spent over $100 million in a failed bid to oppose the re-election of President Barack Obama
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Koch contributed US$35 million to the Smithsonian to build a new dinosaur exhibition hall at the National Museum of Natural History
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2011· 2 entries
2014, and 2015 Time magazine included Charles and David Koch among the Time 100 of the year, for their involvement in supporting the Tea Party movement and the criticism they received
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Koch gave $5 million to the House Ear Institute, in Los Angeles, to create a center for hearing restoration, and $25 million to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City
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2010· 1 entry
Said: “I would like to be known in the future as someone who is not just a wealthy, successful businessman but someone who really cared about the well-being of others—did his darndest to be charitable and help others
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2008· 2 entries
Following Koch's gift of $100 million for the renovation of the theater
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Career landmark: trustee (2008).
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2007· 2 entries
Contributed $100 million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the construction of a new 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m2) research and technology facility to serve as the home of the David H
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Donated $15 million to NewYork–Presbyterian
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2006· 4 entries
And moved with his family to 740 Park Avenue
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Beginning in 2006, the Chronicle of Philanthropy listed Koch as one of the world's top 50 philanthropists.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy listed Koch as one of the world's top 50 philanthropists
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Koch gave $20 million to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore for cancer research
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2001· 1 entry
Bill reached a settlement in a lawsuit where he had charged the company was taking oil from federal and Indian land; that settlement ended all litigation between the brothers
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1994· 1 entry
Koch purchased her 15-room apartment at 1040 Fifth Avenue
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1992· 1 entry
Koch was diagnosed with prostate cancer
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1988· 1 entry
Koch has given at least $185 million to MIT, and $30 million to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
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1984· 2 entries
Founded Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE)
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Koch broke with the Libertarian Party when it supported eliminating all taxes; in a letter to David Bergland, the Libertarian candidate for the 1984 presidential election, Koch referred to Bergland's platform as "extreme
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1979· 2 entries
Became the president of his own division, Koch Engineering, renamed Chemical Technology Group
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And became a co-owner of Koch Industries (along with elder brother Charles) in 1983
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1977· 1 entry
Published “The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data” in Biometrics — cited 63,646 times.
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1970· 2 entries
Joined the family business: Koch Industries, the second-largest privately held company in the United States
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Koch joined Koch Industries under his brother Charles, to work as a technical-services manager
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1963· 1 entry
Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, master's degree (1963).
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1962· 1 entry
Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, bachelor's degree (1962).
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1959· 1 entry
Studied at Deerfield Academy (1959).
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1940· 2 entries
Born 1940-05-03.
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“t sure if global warming was anthropogenic, and thought a warmer planet would be”
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