Christopher Burch is the founder and CEO of Burch Creative Capital, a private investment company based in New York City. An entrepreneur and active investor across a wide range of industries for nearly 40 years, Burch’s pioneering values and vision for new market opportunities have contributed to multiple technology and luxury brands, including Aliph (Jawbone), the Faena Hotel + Universe, NextJump, PowerMat, Tory Burch, Poppin and Voss Water. Burch and his team invent and attract opportunities by applying imagination, creativity, incubation, support and scale, leading to disruptive brands and businesses that have a direct, positive and lasting impact on consumers’ lives.  He is a former board member of Tory Burch, Guggenheim Capital and The Continuum Group.