David Chung

David joined HGGC in 2016 as an Executive Director and transitioned to an in-house role as a member of the General Partnership in 2022. David is a member of the Fund V and Fund IV Investment Committees. David’s current and prior board and portfolio involvement includes Fund IV investment Upland Software; and Fund III investments, RPX, and Monotype, having led the extension of HGGC’s core middle-market private equity strategy to include public company targets. In addition to his investment responsibilities, David is a member of the Business Development and Investor Relations Committees within HGGC and helps direct HGGC’s firm governance, investment decisions, and investor relations.

David brings close to 30 years of experience as a private equity and hybrid public/private investor. Prior to joining HGGC as an Executive Director in December 2016, David was the Managing Member of Arrowhead Holdings LLC, an Investment Partner at Blum Capital Partners, a Partner at Standard Pacific Capital, and a Director and Principal at KKR, where he began his private equity career in 1995. Previously, he was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. and an investment banker at Hambrecht & Quist. David has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards, and he currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

David received his M.B.A with High Distinction (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School, and his A.B. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard College.