Elizabeth Koch (publisher)


Elizabeth Robinson Koch is an American publisher and writer. She has published work for One Story, Columbia Journalism Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New York Observer and other publications.

Biography

Koch is the daughter of Charles Koch and Liz Koch. She has a brother, Chase Koch. Koch grew up in Wichita, Kansas and graduated from Wichita Collegiate School. She graduated from Princeton with a B.A. in English Literature. Koch earned a M.F.A. in fiction from Syracuse University.
Koch was the editor of Opium Magazine. She is the founder of Black Balloon Publishing and publisher Catapult, the latter was founded in September 2015. Koch is the co-founder and president of Tiny Blue Dot consciousness research foundation. She’s the founder of New Balloon, a media company at the nexus of entertainment and technology that has executive produced films such as Beasts of No Nation and Last Days in the Desert.
Koch states that she is "apolitical."
She currently lives in the greater Los Angeles area with her husband, Jason Kakoyiannis. Kakoyiannis is an attorney who founded Bioscentric in 2013. He also serves on the board of directors of the Koch family office 1888 Management LLC.