He actually ran as the Libertarian Party’s vice presidential candidate in 1980 on a ticket with Ed Clark they won 1% of the vote. Earlier this year, David’s retirement was announced.ĭavid who is more socially prominent and often appears on social pages, is a well-known philanthropist he is a donor to New York’s Lincoln Center and Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In case you didn’t know, Koch Industries, which has revenues of $100 billion, operates pipelines, produces fertilizer and makes Dixie cups and Quilted Northern toilet paper.Īccording to the New Yorker, it is well known that Charles has always been the brains behind the brothers’ vast corporate and political operations. Julia’s husband is widely known as the wealthiest resident of Manhattan and together they make for New York’s richest couple.ĭavid, a Kansas native born Maoversees Koch’s chemical technology group and shares majority control of Koch Industries, U.S’s second largest private firm, with his brother Charles.
