Chase Koch on media relations
From Principles Over Politics: Chase Koch and Demario Davis on Building What Lasts · · John Hope Bryant
“We made a lot of mistakes over the last I'd say few decades where we let the media define us as opposed to getting out there and defining ourselves. And you know being a private company out of Wichita, Kansas and just we just wanted to put our heads down and do good work and create value. But if you're not out there telling your story, someone's going to write the story for you.”
On , Chase Koch, President at Koch Disruptive Technologies, spoke about media relations during Principles Over Politics: Chase Koch and Demario Davis on Building What Lasts on John Hope Bryant.
About Chase Koch
Chase Koch, president of Koch Disruptive, participated in several public conversations in mid-2025 and early 2026, discussing leadership, business philosophy, and social change. In a live podcast episode with John Hope Bryant and NFL player Demario Davis, Koch described Koch Industries as a family business and a meritocracy, saying the company hires based on "contribution motivated" individuals rather than those who are "deficiency motivated." He stated that the company made mistakes by letting the media define it and that it now aims to tell its own story. Koch also said his father, Charles Koch, avoided politics for 40 years before deciding to engage in order to support "principled leaders in government." In a separate interview on the All-In podcast, Koch discussed Koch Industries' scale and culture, describing the company as "an integrated set of capabilities" rather than a conglomerate. He said the company embraces failure as part of "creative destruction," adding that "if you're not failing at everything, you're not doing anything new." Koch also spoke about removing barriers to opportunity, stating that society should "work for a system where we remove the barriers that are holding people back from realizing their potential." He described self-actualization as the intersection of a person's gift, passion, and market opportunity.