David Tedesco

David Tedesco is the CEO and Founder of Outlier, a modern conglomerate with businesses in healthcare, technology, aerospace, real estate, entertainment and robotics. Outlier focuses on acquiring the leading businesses in a particular niche and developing them over time, holding them indefinitely. Today, Outlier has a team of over 12,000 across its various businesses and is one of the largest private companies in North America. David is a polymath who blends deep interests in strategic theory, product design, engineering and finance into a creative, ever-evolving approach to business and investing. He is an active member of the board of directors of many private and public companies and is a regular strategic advisor to numerous private equity firms. He formed his first business at the age of 13 and never looked back. He’s never had or applied for a job, having built, invested in, or acquired every business he has been involved with over the last 25 years. David is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. He is an active pilot, pianist, photographer, cyclist, mountaineer and world traveler. He lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona and Sun Valley, Idaho with his wife and daughters.