Mr. David Katsujin Chao
Co-Founder and General Partner
DCM

   A co-founder and general partner of DCM, David Chao has been active in the information technology industry since the 1980's, participating in the fastest growing sectors of computers, communication, and the Internet. At DCM, he guides portfolio companies in formulating corporate and product marketing strategies, developing strong management teams, and implementing domestic and international partnerships.

Prior to joining DCM, David was a cofounder, acting CFO and CTO and board member of Japan Communications Inc. (JCI) (Nasdaq Japan:9424), Japan’s first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Earlier, David worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco. While at McKinsey, David primarily worked with communication and software firms to develop their technology, marketing, and financial strategies and focused his practice on broadband infrastructure & services and corporate valuation.

Previously, David worked in marketing and product management at Apple Computer, where he co-authored Apple Japan's successful One Billion Dollar Revenue Plan, which was successfully implemented by his team over a four-year period and managed Apple's portfolio of start-up investments in the US. Prior to Apple, David was one of the top account executives for Recruit, Japan's largest HR advertising and web infomediary corporation.

David serves on the Boards of numerous DCM portfolio companies in the U.S. and Asia. He is also on the Board of 51job (Nasdaq: JOBS), Spansion (Nasdaq: SPSN) and responsible for the investments in All About Japan, Inc. (JASDAQ: 2454), Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR), Kabu.com (TSE: 8703), Recourse Technologies (acquired by Symantec), Sling Media, SMIC (NYSE: SMI), and eDreams (acquired by TA.) He currently sits on the Board of BitTorrent, Oak Pacific InterActive (Mop.com, Xiaonei.com), 99Bill and Outspark. He is also listed as a Top 20 venture capitalist by Forbes Magazine.

David holds a BA degree with high honors from Brown University in Economics and East Asian Studies (Anthropology) and an MBA degree from Stanford University.