David Koch awarded honorary doctorate

“Prominent media personality David ‘Kochie’ Koch has been made an Honorary Doctor at Flinders University for advocating for small business and promoting South Australia as a destination of choice. A product of Largs North in the west of Adelaide, the newly minted Dr Koch is best known for his 21-year stint as co-host of Seven Network ’ s Sunrise breakfast program, holding the record for the longest-serving breakfast show co-host in Australia. He started his career as a finance journalist in the 1980s and went on to become a financial commentator in the media sphere. In 2005, he founded Pinstripe Media, a specialist content creation company for the small business and personal finance sectors, and founded Ausbiz, a business and markets live streaming channel, in 2020. Dr Koch still regularly appears on television and social media through his role as economic director of Compare the Market, a price comparison website for insurance, energy providers and home loans, as in the clip below. As he accepted the doctorate, Dr Koch attributed his success and happiness to the team that surrounds him. More on this story: Algal bloom expert loses job amid outbreak | Inside Adelaide uni’s digital experience | New vice-chancellor of Adelaide revealed “Whatever you do in life, whatever you achieve, whatever your success, your resilience and, frankly, life’s joys, will be centred around the team that you have around you,” he said. “The team around you now and also the team you will add into the future. “I was lucky that the two heroes in my life are my Dad and Grandfather, as I grew up in Largs North. Two extraordinary role models.” “My team is a wife of now 47 years, four married children, 10 grandchildren.” Flinders University chancellor John Hood said the honour was well deserved. “This is an honour seldom given but richly deserved by David Koch,” he said. “He is a trusted figure and skilled communicator, who has devoted much of his life and career to helping Australians better understand personal finance – and being a strong voice for small businesses, which are so vital to our state’s economy, and the nation’s. “David passionately, and tirelessly, champions South Australia.”

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