David S. Habachy is based in Houston, joined Warburg Pincus in 2017 and is a member of the firm’s Energy team. Previously, he was a Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee of the Kayne Anderson Energy Funds. Additionally, while at Kayne Anderson, Mr. Habachy served on numerous boards of oil and gas upstream E&P and midstream companies in the U.S. and Canada from 2008 to 2017.
Prior to entering into Private Equity in 2008, he spent 10 years in asset management, operations and consulting in the upstream E&P business, starting his Petroleum Engineering career at Arco/Vastar in 1998. He is a Director of Earthstone Energy, Inc., Ridge Runner Resources, LLC, Stronghold Energy II Holdings, LLC, Tall City Exploration III LLC, and Trident Energy GP, Ltd.
Mr. Habachy currently serves on the Investment Committee Board for Memorial Herman Health System and is a Board member of the Houston Producers' Forum. Mr. Habachy holds a B.S. in chemical engineering and an MBA degree with George Kozmetsky highest honors distinction from The University of Texas at Austin.
Our team
Wealth of experience
Trident Energy’s management has unrivalled experience in E&P, with a wealth of hands-on experience in every key role and discipline.
This directly informs our insights and decision-making. We are equally proud of the wealth of talent and experience we have attracted to support our operations, ranging from geoscientists and subsurface specialists to finance, project and HR management.