David Zhang

Board Member

Boop

Jan 2026 - Current (6 months)

Robot insurance.

CEO & Co-Founder

Chestnut

Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 6 months)

Building the first AI-native operating system for insurance distribution. We are hiring!

Investment Team

Farallon Capital Management

Jun 2016 - Sep 2016 (4 months)

Risk arbitrage and event-driven equities, while a Stanford MBA student

Investment Team

Stanford Management Company

Jan 2016 - Jun 2016 (6 months)

Special projects for the Stanford Endowment, while a Stanford MBA student

Equity Research

AB BERNSTEIN

May 2010 - Jul 2010 (3 months)

Chief Strategy Officer

Ethos

Wore many hats as a member of senior leadership team - during my time at Ethos: ☑️ We protected tens of thousands of families and issued billions of dollars of life insurance coverage ☑️ I built from scratch and led the finance, strategy & biz ops, biz analytics, accounting, legal, and people teams ☑️ We hired over 300 people, from a team of 20; my teams scaled from 1 person to over 30 people ☑️ Revenues grew from single-digit millions to triple-digit millions ☑️ Valuation increased from less than $150 million to nearly $3 billion, raising $360+ million new capital along the way

Senior Investment Analyst

Yale Investments

Part of small team responsible for investing Yale's Endowment, with a focus on absolute return and asset allocation Helped drive over $800 million of new investments across multiple phases of investment process, including sourcing, due diligence, memo writing, legal work, and sizing

Investment Team

Empyrean Capital Partners

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