Chad Troutwine (born May 23, 1968) is an American film and television producer and education technology entrepreneur.

Early life and education

As a child, Troutwine was always interested in snowboarding. parents encouraged his entrepreneurial spirit and placed a high value on education. Troutwine earned a perfect score on the

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, and graduated high school at the age of sixteen. Troutwine earned his BA from

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in t ...

at nineteen, and went on to earn a JD from the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded ...

, graduating with honors, an

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from the

Yale School of Management The Yale School of Management (also known as Yale SOM) is the graduate business school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. The school awards the Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA for Executive ...

, and received a master's degree in Public Administration from the

Harvard Kennedy School The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public a ...

Entrepreneurship

While at Yale, Troutwine and

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, launched

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, a GMAT preparation and MBA admissions consulting company. Veritas Prep has become the world's largest privately owned test preparation and admissions consulting company, and now prepares students for the SAT, ACT, and GRE. In January 2019, it was announced that Veritas Prep had been acquired by Varsity Tutors. In recognition of his entrepreneurial endeavors,

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named Troutwine their 2002 Forbes Future Capitalist of the Year. Seven years later,

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featured Troutwine and Moberg as Top 20 Trailblazers and Trendsetters for 2009. After Troutwine co-founded Freakonomics Media, the Freakonomics franchise grew from its original book to a movie, radio show, more books, and a multimedia website. In 2014, Troutwine co-founded Torn Label Brewing Company in Kansas City, MO. A year later, in 2015, Troutwine co-founded the Los Angeles computer coding academy, Codesmith. In 2016, Codesmith announced it had received over $1 million in funding. As of July 2016, Codesmith alumni had a 96% hiring rate at an average salary of $103,000. Troutwine is an investor and member of the board of directors of the

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and film distribution platform, Seed&Spark. Troutwine is also an advisor to SoloPro, a real estate startup venture founded by former

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officer and Duke University professor Tommy Sowers.

Henry Crown Fellow, the Aspen Institute

In 2013, the

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named Troutwine a member of the Henry Crown Fellowship.

Film and Arts

In January 2001, Troutwine established Chad Troutwine Films. His films have premiered at the

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and the

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and featured award-winning actors (including

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Miranda Richardson Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in '' Dance with a Stranger'' (1985) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for '' Damage'' (1992) and '' Tom & Viv'' (1994). ...

Steve Buscemi Steven Vincent Buscemi ( ,As stated in interviews by Buscemi himself, some may insist that his pronunciation of his own name is "wrong" because it does not match the original Italian pronunciation as well. It is not uncommon for people to pronou ...

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, and

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), and directors (

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, Gus Van Sant,

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, and

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). In 2008, Troutwine joined Dan O'Meara and Chris Romano at the Green Film Company, a New York-based production company. In 2010,

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released his documentary adaptation of the New York Times Bestseller

Freakonomics ''Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything'' is the debut non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and ''New York Times'' journalist Stephen J. Dubner. Published on April 12, 2005, by Wil ...

. It was the Closing Night gala film at the 2010

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. In 2014, Troutwine's documentary, '' Print the Legend'', won a special jury award at the 2014

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Film Festival. The film was distributed by

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. In 2016,

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published the Top 15 Netflix documentaries to "make you smarter about business", a list which included two of Troutwine's films: '' Print the Legend'' and ''

''.

Producer

- ''Wrestle'' (2018) (executive producer)
- '' Bill Nye: Science Guy'' (2017) (executive producer)
- ''

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'' (2015) (executive producer)
- ''

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'' (2015) (executive producer)
- '' Print the Legend'' (2014) (producer)
- ''

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'' (2014) (executive producer)
- '' Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia'' (2013) (executive producer)
- ''

'' (2010) (producer)
- ''

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'' (2010) (producer)
- ''

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'' (2008) (producer)
- ''

Paris, je t'aime ''Paris, je t'aime'' (; ''Paris, I love you'') is a 2006 anthology film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities. The two-hour film consists of eighteen short films set in different arrondissements (districts). The 22 directo ...

'' (2006) (executive producer)
- ''

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'' (2005) (associate producer)
- '' Edmond'' (2005) (co-producer)
- '' The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'' (2004) (executive producer)
- '' I Love Your Work'' (2003) (executive producer)
- '' Northfork'' (2003) (associate producer) Troutwine also appeared as himself in the 2007 independent film ''

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''.

Personal life

On June 28, 2015, Troutwine married Sacha Radford at the

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in Malibu, CA.

References

External links

Master Minds
an article on Troutwine and Moberg in the March 2009 issue of

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Troutwine, Chad Business education 1968 births American chief executives of education-related organizations Yale School of Management alumni Living people Harvard Kennedy School alumni University of Missouri alumni Arizona State University alumni Film producers from Arizona Henry Crown Fellows