Born and raised in Colorado, Chad Brownstein graduated from Tulane University in 1995. He then worked a few years in the real estate investment and merchant banking groups of Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette (DLJ), before attending Columbia Business School in 1999. In 2000 he co-funded ITU Ventures in Los Angeles, CA. In 2008, Brownstein launched Rocky Mountain Resources, which has acquired multiple natural resource assets throughout the West. Areas of focus include Mining and Agriculture.