Naval Postgraduate School Foundation | Trustees

David B. Deniger

David B. Deniger is the Chairman and majority owner of Hyphen Solutions, the creator and operator of the largest supply chain network today serving 9 of the top 20 residential home-builders and their over 10,000 subcontractors and suppliers with scheduling, procurement and collaboration.

Mr. Deniger’s background includes leading a number of real estate investment and development strategies with intuitional investors, high net worth families and major capital providers including General Electric Corporation where he served as founder and CEO of GE Capital Reality Group in 1989.

Subsequently, Mr. Deniger served as the general partner in a series of discretionary private equity funds with Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, and Olympus Partners, where he has served as the CEO and General Partner. Combined equity under management exceeded $25 billion.

Until 2000 Mr. Deniger was a minority owner and Board member of the Dallas Stars Hockey Club (NHL Dallas franchise) and the Texas Rangers Baseball Club (MLB Dallas franchise). He was also a minority owner and on the development board of the American Airlines Arena, the home of the Dallas Stars and the Dallas Mavericks.

In addition to his leadership positions at Hyphen, Mr. Deniger serves as:

Founder, Executive Producer and Photographer – Highest Common Denominator Media Group, an independent documentary film Producer with clients including, The Sundance Institute, The Ford Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations along with broadcast partners, National Geographic Network, Channel 4 and Dutch TV.
Member Board of Directors- US Naval Postgraduate School Foundation
Adjunct Professor – Fisher Graduate School of International Business - Monterey Institute of International Studies
Member Board of Directors of the University of Texas Press Foundation
Chairman of the Board and General Partner - Calistoga Ranch, an Auberge Resort in Napa, CA.

Mr. Deniger received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin in 1968. He is married, has two children and five grandchildren.