It was first founded in 1940 by Fred Koch in Wichita, Kansas. The company began in the oil industry, as Fred Koch developed ...

Dr. William Frederick Koch of Detroit announced in 1919 that he had invented ”a synthetic chemical compound of very definite molecular arrangement” which cured cancer. He refused to describe ...

Under founder Fred Koch and continuing today, the family has been famously active in politics and pumped millions into conservative causes. The company last year made some leadership changes ...

The pair that would become known as the Koch brothers are in fact two of four - Frederick is the eldest, born in 1933, followed by Charles (1935) and twins Bill and David (1940). Their father Fred ...