Steven A Denning was born on September 14,1948 and is an American businessman and philanthropist.
26 Facts About Steven Denning
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Steven Denning is Chairman Emeritus of global growth equity firm General Atlantic.
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Steven Denning helped build General Atlantic with a singular vision of supporting entrepreneurs as they work to grow their businesses.
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Steven Denning co-founded growth equity firm General Atlantic in 1980 as the firm's second investment professional.
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Steven Denning served as CEO from 1995 to 2007 when he was appointed chairman.
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Steven Denning is currently an advisory member of the board of Starr Companies.
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Steven Denning is active at Stanford, serving on the university's Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2017, including as its chair from 2012 to 2017.
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Steven Denning chaired the board's Task Force on Globalization, which later became the Special Committee on Globalization.
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Steven Denning served as chair of the Endowment Strategic Review Committee and as chair of the Presidential Advisory Committee on New York.
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Steven Denning continues to serve on a variety of advisory boards and councils at Stanford; he is vice chair of the Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence advisory council, chair of the president's global advisory council and the Natural Capital advisory council.
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Steven Denning is a member of the advisory council of the Freeman Spogli Institute, the Knight-Hennessy Scholar Program advisory board and the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute advisory council.
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Steven Denning is involved in other higher education philanthropies as a member of the board of directors of College Advising Corps; he was a trustee of the Georgia Tech Foundation and was a member of the advisory board of Tsinghua School of Economics and Management.
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Steven Denning served on the board of visitors of Columbia College.
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Steven Denning supports several environmental and conservationist groups; he is a member of the National Park Foundation board and the Columbia Climate board of advisors, where he serves on the executive committee.
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Steven Denning is an honorary trustee of the American Museum of Natural History.
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Steven Denning was co-chair of the board of directors of the Nature Conservancy and was a trustee of the National Parks Conservation Society.
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Steven Denning is active in international relations and US public policy.
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Steven Denning is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is vice chair of the board of trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Steven Denning is on the boards of the Markle Foundation and Blue Meridian Partners and is on the board of trustees of the Bridgespan Group.
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Steven Denning is an honorary trustee of the Brookings Institution.
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Steven Denning is a member of the Board of Governors for the Partnership for Public Service.
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Steven Denning was a member of the boards of the Connecticut Science Center and Cancer Research Institute, and a member of the advisory council of the McKinsey Investment Office.
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Steven Denning was awarded an honorary degree from Georgia Tech in 2019, when he gave the university's commencement address.
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Steven Denning was named to GrowthCap's Top 10 Pioneers of Growth Equity in 2014 for his work with General Atlantic and was awarded the Stanford Business School's Excellence in Leadership Award in 2007.
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Steven Denning is married to Roberta Bowman Steven Denning and has two children, Robert and Carrie.
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Steven Denning's daughter, Carrie Denning Jackson, received her BA, MA, and MBA from Stanford University and is a director at Sidewalk Labs.