William I. Koch

founder of Oxbow Carbon; brother of David and Charles Koch

One of 4 sons of Fred Koch, who invented method of refining gasoline from heavy oil. Expanded oil industry in U.S.S.R. 1930s; returned home before World War II. Founded Koch Industries, passed to sons after death in 1967. Bill attended MIT. With brother Frederick, sold stake to brothers Charles and David (see both) for $1.3 billion 1983. Later sued for more, case settled 2001. Used inheritance to create energy conglomerate Oxbow; produces calcined petroleum coke, coal, steel, natural gas. Sales: $3.7 billion. Art and wine collector sued auction house last year for selling him counterfeit vintage; paid $500,000 for four bottles alleged to have belonged to Thomas Jefferson. Born in Wichita, Kansas, Koch is a graduate of Culver Military Academy. He received a bachelors of science, master’s and doctoral degree in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While at MIT, Koch was elected to engineering honor societies, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Chi. He also was the recipient of the Roger de Friez Hunneman Prize, awarded to outstanding scholarship and research in chemical engineering. Koch's world class art collection has been the subject of numerous exhibitions and he has loaned many masterpieces to museums around the world. He is a strong supporter of the magnet arts programs in the public schools and is the founder of Oxbridge Academy, an innovative private high school located in West Palm Beach. He has served on the boards of the Museum of Fine Arts, University Hospital, the Smithsonian Museum for American Art, the President’s Circle for the National Academy of Arts, Science and Medicine, and chaired the Crime Commission for the State of Kansas. Together with his wife Bridget Rooney-Koch, he and his six children reside in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Norm Brownstein	John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Grassley, Tom Harkin, Orrin Hatch, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Bill Nelson, John Tony Salazar, Mark Udall, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Tom Daschle, Bob Graham, Robert Guy Torricelli, Al Gore, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Jay Rockefeller, Boehner for Speaker Cmte
A Jerrold Perenchio	John Boehner, Tom Harkin, Orrin Hatch, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, John McCain, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina, Restore Our Future PAC, Jay Rockefeller, Marco Rubio, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Rubio Victory Cmte, Freedom Project
Barry S Friedberg	John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Mark Udall, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Allen West, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Liz Cheney, Jay Rockefeller, Christopher Nixon Cox, Marco Rubio, Freedom Project
Sam Fox	John Boehner, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Mark A Foley, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Cory Gardner, Liz Cheney, Restore Our Future PAC, Marco Rubio, Adam Hasner, Boehner for Speaker Cmte
Richard R Rogers	John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Tom Harkin, Orrin Hatch, John Kerry, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Tom Daschle, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Freedom Project, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Liz Cheney, Jay Rockefeller, Marco Rubio, Rubio Victory Cmte, Freedom Project
Paul Singer	John Boehner, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Mark Steven Kirk, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic National Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Cory Gardner, Liz Cheney, Carly Fiorina, Restore Our Future PAC, Marco Rubio, Reclaim America PAC, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Freedom Project, WinRed
Frank L VanderSloot	John Boehner, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Carly Fiorina, Restore Our Future PAC, Marco Rubio, Reclaim America PAC, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Gardner for Congress 2012, Rubio Victory Cmte, WinRed, Rodimer For Congress, Dan Rodimer
Thomas W Smith	John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Allen West, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Cory Gardner, Carly Fiorina, Restore Our Future PAC, Marco Rubio, Reclaim America PAC, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Rubio Victory Cmte, WinRed
Frank Baxter	John Boehner, Orrin Hatch, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Bill Nelson, Richard William Pombo, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Robert A G Monks, Cory Gardner, Liz Cheney, Carly Fiorina, Restore Our Future PAC, Marco Rubio, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Gardner for Congress 2012, Rubio Victory Cmte, WinRed
Steve Wynn	John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Orrin Hatch, John Kerry, John McCain, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bob Dole, Barbara Farrell Vucanovich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney, Jay Rockefeller, Marco Rubio, Reclaim America PAC, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Rubio Victory Cmte, Freedom Project
Leonard A Lauder	John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Grassley, Tom Harkin, Orrin Hatch, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John McCain, Bill Nelson, Mark Udall, Mark A Foley, Tom Daschle, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Dscc/Non-Fed Unincorp Assoc, Liz Cheney, Jay Rockefeller, Boehner for Speaker Cmte
Martin D Gruss	John Boehner, John McCain, Mark A Foley, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Commonwealth PAC, the, Allen West, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Cory Gardner, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Adam Hasner, Reclaim America PAC, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Rubio Victory Cmte
Ken Griffin	John Boehner, Chuck Grassley, John Kerry, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Bill Nelson, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Liz Cheney, Carly Fiorina, Restore Our Future PAC, Marco Rubio, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Freedom Project, WinRed, Rodimer For Congress, Dan Rodimer
Jack N. Halpern	John Boehner, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Mark Steven Kirk, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Bill Nelson, Tom Daschle, Bob Graham, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Allen West, Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio, Reclaim America PAC, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Rubio Victory Cmte
Leonard Blavatnik	John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Mark Steven Kirk, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Bill Nelson, Mark Udall, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Tom Daschle, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Carly Fiorina, Jay Rockefeller, Boehner for Speaker Cmte
Stanley S. Hubbard	John Boehner, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, John Kerry, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Jim Oberstar, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Cory Gardner, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Gardner for Congress 2012, Rodimer For Congress, Dan Rodimer
Darlene Jordan	John Boehner, John Kerry, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Tom Rooney, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Commonwealth PAC, the, Allen West, Mitt Romney, Restore Our Future PAC, Christopher Nixon Cox, Marco Rubio, Adam Hasner, Reclaim America PAC, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Rubio Victory Cmte, Adam Hasner Florida Victory Cmte, WinRed
John W Childs	John Boehner, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, John Kerry, John McCain, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Bob Graham, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Cory Gardner, Restore Our Future PAC, Marco Rubio, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Rubio Victory Cmte, Freedom Project, WinRed
Norman Braman	Chuck Grassley, Tom Harkin, John Kerry, Mark Steven Kirk, Connie Mack IV, Tim Mahoney, John McCain, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Tom Daschle, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, Tom Rooney, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Liz Cheney, Marco Rubio, Adam Hasner, Reclaim America PAC, Gardner for Congress 2012, Rubio Victory Cmte
Bennett S Lebow	Hillary Clinton, Tom Harkin, Orrin Hatch, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, John McCain, Bill Nelson, Mark Udall, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Tom Daschle, Peter R Deutsch, Robert Guy Torricelli, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Republican Party of Florida, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Dscc/Non-Fed Unincorp Assoc, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney, Jay Rockefeller

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	1940
Aliases	Bill Koch, William Koch

William I. Koch

founder of Oxbow Carbon; brother of David and Charles Koch

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