David Zhang

CEO @ Chestnut, System of Action for Insurance Distribution

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Experience

  • CEO & Co-Founder at Chestnut
    2022 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

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

  • Board Chair at Boop
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Making the future of Physical AI insurable

  • Chief Strategy Officer at Ethos Life
    2018 - 2022 · 4 yrs

    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

  • Investment Team at Empyrean Capital Partners
    2017 - 2018 · 1 yr

    Special Situations Investing

  • Investment Team at Farallon Capital Management
    Jun 2016 - Sep 2016 · 4 mos

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