Before owning his 63-metre Benetti Artisan, Todd Chaffee's previous vessels were canoes, duck hunting boats and kayaks. The jump in size front canoe to superyacht is not the typical progression in yacht ownership, but it's a fitting metaphor for Chaffee's astonishing career trajectory. He swiftly ascended the corporate ladder as the youngest-ever EVP of Visa International before moving on to become one of the world's top venture capitalists (he is ranked at number six on Forbes’ Midas List of founder VCs, and regularly features in The New York Times’ annual list of Top 100 Venture Capitalists). Now, between focusing on charitable work and the launch of a multi-awardwinning tequila brand, Cierto Tequila, Chaffee spends time on board Artisan with his wife, family and friends.
Currently residing in California (with homes in Lake Tahoe, Aspen and Cabo, Mexico), Chaffee hails front the upper midwestern state of Minnesota, the oldest of four boys in an athletic family. “We all played
