| Notes |
The famous libertarian industrialist’s appearance at a whimsical retreat in the liberal stronghold of Silicon Valley seems incongruous. But it’s just one example of the inroads the Kochs have made into the startup ecosystem. The appearance was brokered by famed Sequoia investor Mike Moritz, who knows Charles Koch, as do VCs Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, as well as Wilson Sonsini founding partner Larry Sonsini. Koch even recently taped a segment on entrepreneur Tim Ferriss’s podcast. All those connections have helped along Koch Industries’ most ambitious foray yet into the world of tech, the conglomerate’s corporate venture fund, Koch Disruptive Technologies. |