David Koch affectionately known by the public as ‘Kochie’, is one of Australia’s most recognised and respected faces. Australians have been waking up with Kochie for over 17 consecutive years as the co-host of Australia’s number one breakfast television program, Seven Network’s Sunrise. 

Before Sunrise, Kochie was a (self-proclaimed) finance nerd who studied to be an accountant. He started as a cadet on the business pages of The Australian Newspaper before joining BRW magazine soon after its launch in the early 1980s.

Kochie was one of the founders of consumer finance journalism in Australia and created Personal Investment magazine, which made him the youngest editor in the Fairfax Media group. He then launched Personal Investment magazines in New Zealand and the UK. He produced Britain’s first Rich List which started in Money Magazine which he had bought for Fairfax. Kochie has a strong interest in small business issues and was a director of the NSW Small Business Development Corporation for over six years being appointed to the board at its inception in 1996.

He has maintained his passion for money writing finance columns for various publications including New Idea, The Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun. As a former business owner and operator and now director of Pinstripe Media, Kochie is one of Australia’s foremost business and finance commentators and he speaks regularly at corporate events about small business, finance and investment issues as well as providing practical tips.