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Chad Troutwine

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Chad Troutwine
Today Carissa Phelps is earning a law degree and an MBA. But when she was twelve, she was homeless and forced into prostitution.
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Chad has financed and produced seventeen documentary and narrative feature films, including Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Emmy, and Academy award winners and nominees. In 2011, he co-founded Freakonomics Media, which today produces one of the world's most popular podcasts.

Chad is also co-founder and CEO of Veritas Prep, the nation's largest privately held college test prep and admissions consultancy; Codesmith, an immersive software engineering academy; and Torn Label, a craft microbrewery in Kansas City's Crossroads Art District.

Chad is a graduate of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, the Yale University School of Management, and the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. He is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute.
BornMay 23, 1968
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        • Independence, Missouri, USA
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        Co-founded and owns Veritas Prep, a test preparation company.

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