Chase Koch, Executive Vice President of Origination and Partnerships--As a child, Chase was an average student who slept through his father's Sunday afternoon philosophy lessons. He is the only Koch executive to ever fire himself from a role as president of a Koch company. But after discovering his strengths as a builder rather than an operator, he founded Koch Disruptive Technologies to invest in companies that are helping Koch transform. KDT gave rise to "Koch Labs"--an application of the Republic of Science principle--accelerating the company's transformations. His role has expanded to include building partnerships that will help Koch endure. Today, his North Star is uniting and empowering people to create disruptive solutions.