Payton Koch

Payton Koch was born on July 16, 1996, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, to a family involved in the film business.^[1] His father, Billy Koch, who is of Jewish Russian descent,^[2] is the founder and owner of the horse racing club Little Red Feather and previously worked in the film industry.^[3][4] His mother, Kathy Kaehler, is a celebrity personal trainer.^[5] He has a twin brother, Cooper Koch, who is an actor, and a younger brother, Walker, who is a musician.^[6][7] His grandfather is film producer Hawk Koch, and his great-grandfather was film producer and director Howard W. Koch, both of whom served as presidents of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[7][8][9] His great-granduncle was Charles Pincus,^[a] a California dentist known for inventing the dental veneer in 1928.^[10] Koch is also related to businessman and Democratic politician Alan Blinken^[b] as his great-uncle by marriage.^[11][12]

Koch attended Calabasas High School^[13] and later earned a bachelor's degree in film production from Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.^[14][15][16] Koch is gay.^[17][18]