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![[Portrait of David Chao]](images/team/team_david_big.gif)
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David Chao, cofounder and general partner of DCM, has been active in the information technology industry since the 1980s, 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 DCM, David was a cofounder, acting chief financial officer and chief technical officer, and board member of Japan Communications Inc. (JCI) (Nasdaq Japan - Hercules: 9424), Japan’s premier provider of mobile data and voice communications services for corporations and professionals and largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO).
Earlier David worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco. There, he worked with communication and software firms to develop their technology, marketing, and financial strategies. David also established a successful practice focused on broadband infrastructure and services, and corporate valuation.
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Earlier in his career, David worked in marketing and product management at Apple Computer, where he co-authored Apple Japan’s successful One Billion Dollar Revenue Plan. Implemented by his team over a four-year period, the plan helped grow revenues from $25 million to $1 billion during that time. David also implemented Japan’s first cash-back rebate program for PC/electronic manufacturers and conceived and managed branding programs — including the Janet Jackson Tour — for Apple. He also managed the company’s portfolio of start-up investments in the United States.
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, and was the founding investor and board member of Recourse Technologies, one of the top 10 software acquisitions in 2002. David is also on the board of 51job (Nasdaq: JOBS). Additionally, David is responsible for the Kabu.com (TSE: 8703) and SMIC (NYSE: SMI) investments for DCM. He is also listed as a Top 100 venture capitalist by Forbes Magazine and is recognized by Zero2IPO as the third most active venture capitalist in China in 2004. David serves on the boards of Red Herring and Spansion (NASDAQ: SPSN) as well as Legend Capital in China. He is a member of The Thacher School board of trustees and a management board member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
David holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. with high honors in Economics and East Asian Studies (Anthropology) from Brown University.
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