Dean Hoyle (born 16 April 1967) is the founder and former owner of Card Factory and the chairman of Championship side Huddersfield Town.
[2] Hoyle studied engineering at Dewsbury and Batley Technical and Art College[3] after attending White Lee Secondary School in Heckmondwike.
[5] Hoyle confirmed on 9 April 2010 that the sale of the Card Factory to Venture Capitalist Charterhouse was completed the previous day.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but financial commentators put the final selling price at in excess of £350 million.
He joined the board of Huddersfield Town on 10 April 2008 and took over as chairman, and majority shareholder, of the Club on 3 June 2009.