Chad Troutwine

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 Stanford Achievement Test, and graduated high school at the age of sixteen. Troutwine earned his BA from Arizona State University at nineteen, and went on to earn a JD from the University of Missouri, graduating with honors, an MBA from the Yale School of Management, and received a master's degree in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.{{cite web|url=http://www.veritasprep.com/meet-the-team/|title=Meet the Team - Veritas Prep|last=VeritasPrep|website=www.veritasprep.com}}

While at Yale, Troutwine and Markus Moberg, launched Veritas Prep, a GMAT preparation and MBA admissions consulting company.{{cite web |url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/04/23/qa-som-grads-find-success-in-test-prep/ |title=Q&A | SOM grads find success in test prep | Yale Daily News |access-date=2010-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918224624/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/04/23/qa-som-grads-find-success-in-test-prep/ |archive-date=2012-09-18 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/node/53396|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120509194330/http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/node/53396|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-05-09|title=A Devilish time on tap in NCAAs|first=Jennifer|last=Scuteri}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/|title=GMAT Prep - SAT Prep - Admissions Consulting - Veritas Prep Blog|website=www.veritasprep.com}} In January 2019, it was announced that Veritas Prep had been acquired by Varsity Tutors.{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/varsity-tutors-acquires-veritas-prep-to-continue-expansion-300781541.html|title=Varsity Tutors Acquires Veritas Prep to Continue Expansion}}{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/varsity-tutors-acquires-veritas-prep-to-expand-into-live-online-classes/|title = Varsity Tutors acquires Veritas Prep to expand into live online classes| date=22 January 2019 }}

In recognition of his entrepreneurial endeavors, Forbes magazine named Troutwine their 2002 Forbes Future Capitalist of the Year.{{cite web |url=http://www.ndeclub.org/article/id:3 |title=Notre Dame Entrepreneurship Society - Pages |access-date=2010-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727114349/http://www.ndeclub.org/article/id%3A3 |archive-date=2011-07-27 }} Seven years later, Entrepreneur magazine featured Troutwine and Moberg as Top 20 Trailblazers and Trendsetters for 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/goforward/forwardthinkers/slideshow/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110050108/http://www.entrepreneur.com/goforward/forwardthinkers/slideshow/index.html |archive-date=2010-01-10 |url-status=dead }}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2011/01/14/freakonomics-leaving-ny-times-to-start-own-venture/|title=Freakonomics Leaving NY Times to Start Own Venture|first=Jeff|last=Bercovici|website=Forbes }}

In 2014, Troutwine co-founded Torn Label Brewing Company in Kansas City, MO.{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/cityscape/article343803/New-brewery-opening-in-the-Crossroads.html|title=New brewery opening in the Crossroads}}

A year later, in 2015, Troutwine co-founded the Los Angeles computer coding academy, Codesmith.{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/codesmith-launches-elite-coding-academy-hq-in-la-addressing-tech-talent-gap-2015-05-07|title=Codesmith Launches Elite Coding Academy HQ in LA Addressing Tech Talent Gap}} In 2016, Codesmith announced it had received over $1 million in funding.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2016/10/18/codesmith-feels-like-a-million-bucks-after-funding.html |title=Codesmith feels like a million bucks after funding round |last=Ellingson |first=Annlee |date=October 18, 2016 |website=www.bizjournals.com}} As of July 2016, Codesmith alumni had a 96% hiring rate at an average salary of $103,000.{{cite web|url=http://tech.co/coding-bootcamp-96-percent-hiring-rate-2016-07|title=LA Coding Bootcamp Codesmith Boasts 96% Hiring Rate|date=27 July 2016}}

Troutwine is an investor and member of the board of directors of the crowdfunding and film distribution platform, Seed&Spark.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/seed-spark-taps-chicken-eggs-julie-parker-benello-and-veritas-preps-chad-troutwine-to-join-board-of-directors-20140808|title=Seed&Spark Taps Chicken & Egg's Julie Parker Benello and Veritas Prep's Chad Troutwine to Join Board of Directors|first=Shipra Harbola|last=Gupta|date=9 August 2014}} Troutwine is also an advisor to SoloPro, a real estate startup venture founded by former US Army Special Forces officer and Duke University professor Tommy Sowers.{{Cite web |url=https://www.solopro.com/press-releases/chad-troutwine-solo-advisor |title=SoloPro, Inc: Chad Troutwine becomes the newest Advisor to SOLO |access-date=2015-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702112653/https://www.solopro.com/press-releases/chad-troutwine-solo-advisor |archive-date=2015-07-02 |url-status=dead }}

In 2013, the Aspen Institute named Troutwine a member of the Henry Crown Fellowship.{{cite web|url=http://www.aspeninstitute.org/leadership-programs/henry-crown-fellowship-program/lists-fellows/2013-fellows|title=Henry Crown Fellowship - The Aspen Institute}}

In January 2001, Troutwine established Chad Troutwine Films. His films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival and featured award-winning actors (including James Woods, Nick Nolte, Vince Vaughn, Miranda Richardson, Steve Buscemi, Bob Hoskins, and Natalie Portman), and directors (Joel and Ethan Coen, Alex Gibney, Morgan Spurlock, Gus Van Sant, Alfonso Cuaron, Seth Gordon, and Alexander Payne).{{Cite web |url=http://mba.yale.edu/alumni/alumni_leaders/troutwinec.shtml |title=Yale School of Management - Alumni Leaders - Chad Troutwine '02 |access-date=2008-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313211950/http://mba.yale.edu/alumni/alumni_leaders/troutwinec.shtml |archive-date=2008-03-13 |url-status=dead }}

In 2008, Troutwine joined Dan O'Meara and Chris Romano at the Green Film Company, a New York-based production company.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/05/business/media/05freak.html|title='Freakonomics' May Find Hidden Side of Documentary: Profit|first=Michael|last=Cieply|newspaper=The New York Times |date=5 April 2010 }}

In 2010, Magnolia Pictures released his documentary adaptation of the New York Times Bestseller Freakonomics.{{cite web|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2009/march/200014.html|title=A Better Way to Prepare|first=Dennis|last=Romero|date=10 February 2009}} It was the Closing Night gala film at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.[https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017025.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562 ]{{dead link|date=July 2018}}

In 2014, Troutwine's documentary, Print the Legend, won a special jury award at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival. The film was distributed by Netflix.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/netflix-acquires-3d-printing-documentary-print-the-legend-1201147547/|title=Netflix Acquires 3D Printing Documentary 'Print the Legend'|first=Todd|last=Spangler|date=26 March 2014}}

In 2016, Business Insider 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 Freakonomics.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/business-documentaries-on-netflix-watch-instantly-2016-1/|title=15 documentaries on Netflix that will make you smarter about business|website=Business Insider }}

- Wrestle (2018) (executive producer)

- Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017) (executive producer)

- Rolling Papers (2015) (executive producer)

- Finders Keepers (2015) (executive producer)

- Print the Legend (2014) (producer)

- Jayhawkers (2014) (executive producer)

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

- Freakonomics (2010) (producer)

- Gerrymandering (2010) (producer)

- Carissa (2008) (producer)

- Paris, je t'aime (2006) (executive producer)

- Lo Más bonito y mis mejores años (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 A Lawyer Walks into a Bar.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1311550/|title=Chad Troutwine|website=IMDb}}

On June 28, 2015, Troutwine married Sacha Radford at the Adamson House in Malibu, CA.{{cite web|url=http://www.blog.michaelsegalweddings.com/adamson-house-malibu-sacha-and-chad/|title=Adamson House, Malibu – Sacha and Chad » Michael Segal Photo Blog|website=www.blog.michaelsegalweddings.com|date=11 September 2015 }}

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• [http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2009/march/200014.html Master Minds], an article on Troutwine and Moberg in the March 2009 issue of Entrepreneur magazine.

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