David Semas has been a self-made businessman and entrepreneur for a half century. He grew up in Santa Clara, California, then a sleepy blue-collar town of 12,000. Despite never earning a college degree, he rose through the ranks of the construction business becoming a vice president of a national home building firm at twenty-three. At thirty, he was a divisional executive vice president of a Fortune 500 company. At forty-four he founded and became, Chairman and CEO of a green chemical company partnered with the United States Navy. His entrepreneurial spirit inspired him to travel the world and meet with the rich and powerful, CEOs, business icons, politicians, entertainers, and celebrities. He and his wife Susan live in Southern California.
