Carl Chang (born February 13, 1969) is an American entrepreneur, real estate investor, business executive and former tennis coach. He founded the pizza chain Pieology, and is active in real estate investment businesses. He is the older brother and former coach of tennis star

Michael Chang Michael Te-pei Chang (born February 22, 1972) is an American former professional tennis player and coach. He is the youngest man in history to win a singles major, winning the 1989 French Open at 17 years and 109 days old. Chang won a total o ...

Early life and education

Chang was born in

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in February 13, 1969.. In 1979, their family moved to La Costa, California, so they could play tennis year round. He graduated from San Dieguito High School in Encinitas, California, in 1987. He attended the

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and graduated in 1991.

Tennis career

Chang was a talented junior tennis player who was ranked in the top ten at his age group. He beat a number of future professionals, including

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, at junior events. Following his graduation, Chang briefly joined the professional tennis tour. After playing in a few events as a singles player as well as a doubles partner of his younger brother Michael, he decided not to continue and instead became Michael's coach in 1991 – a role he filled until Michael's retirement from the tour in 2003. Carl Chang was named 'Coach of the Year' by ''Tennis'' magazine in 1996.

Real estate

In 2005, Chang and his family started Redwood Real Estate, a joint venture with Seattle-based investment firm Sienna Group. The company had a $500 million fund focusing on distressed housing. In 2010, Chang founded Kairos Investment Management Co LLC, a private equity firm focused on real estate transactions. Chang serves as the company's CEO.

Pieology

In 2011, Chang along with partner James Markham, founded Pieology, a fast casual pizza chain restaurant originally based in

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. In 2012, Markham left to start his own company, leaving Chang in charge of Pieology.

Other business activities

Chang is also the chair of the board of directors of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

References

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