Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1947, ka whakatūria e Chase rāua ko tōna whānau te Chase Paper Company, he kamupene pepa. I te 1977, i tohua a Chase e te US Small Business Administration hei Tangata Pakihi Iti o te Tau. I taua tau ano i whiwhi ia i tētahi tiwhikete mai i te Harvard Business School Small Company Management Program.
Ko te whakatūnga o Ronald Reagan i te tau 1981. I te tau 1984, i hokona e Chase tana whai wāhitanga ki te Chase Paper Company.