Nicholas Stech is an independent investor who moved with his family to Portland in 2018 because of their love of the Pacific Northwest and Portland’s unique, creative, and inclusive community. With a passion for solving problems with innovative solutions, he has created software and companies that connect people to the knowledge, data, networks, and markets necessary to operate efficiently. He has a high school student at Northwest Academy and strongly supports its mission to develop artistic and intellectual voices in an increasingly uncertain and rapidly changing world.