Best known today as the co-host of the Seven Network's Sunrise program - Australia's top rating breakfast TV program for the last 14 consecutive years - David Koch is a highly respected business and finance commentator.
Kochie is credited with starting consumer finance journalism in Australia when he created Personal Investment Magazine in 1983 and went on to launch similar magazines in New Zealand and the UK. He has always had a passion for explaining money and investment issues in an informative and entertaining way.
Kochie and his wife Libby are weekly columnists for the Money Saver HQ section of News Ltd newspapers. Kochie is also a regular commentator on radio, operates Kochie's Four Week Money Makeover online education program (www.moneymakeover.com.au) and is executive chairman of his family business, Pinstripe Media.
Among his community interests, he is chairman of the Port Adelaide Football Club and patron of the Koch Centre for Youth and Learning, which is operated by Father Chris Riley's Youth Off The Streets. He was awarded Father of the Year in 2007.
David James Koch (nicknamed "Kochie") is an Australian television presenter best known as a host of the Seven Network's breakfast program Sunrise. He began his media career as a financial journalist, writing for a number of different publications before eventually moving to television.