David Chao is a Co-Founder and General Partner of DCM, where his portfolio spans fintech, software, media and mobile technologies. Before DCM he co-founded Japan Communications Inc. and served as its acting CFO and CTO, worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco and Tokyo, managed Apple's startup investment portfolio in Japan, and began his career as an account executive at Recruit. DCM's profile names Bill.com, BitTorrent, Careem, DocSend, eDreams, Fortinet, Kabu.com, Musical.ly, SoFi, 51job, SMIC and StarFlyer among his investments. He is an external director of SoftBank Group Corp. and holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Education
B.A. Economics and East Asian Studies, Brown University
M.B.A., Stanford Graduate School of Business
Previous Experience
Account executive, Recruit
Apple Japan, managing Apple's startup investment portfolio
Management consultant, McKinsey & Company (San Francisco and Tokyo)
Co-founder and acting CFO/CTO, Japan Communications Inc. (TSE: 9424)