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Tyler Tolson is the CEO and Founder of Denik, a company he started as a full-time student at Utah State University in 2011. Denik is a custom notebook and lifestyle product company that uses a portion of its funds to build schools and support artists. In 2022 the company was named to the Utah Business FAST 50 - “the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in Utah”, and to the Inc 5000 list of America’s fastest growing companies.

 

The company has blossomed into a multi-million dollar brand and serves customers like Nordstrom, Urban Outfitters, and Target in over 16,000 retail locations in North America. Denik also produces custom notebooks for brands like Nike, Disney, Google, and TikTok. The Denik community has funded and built 6 schools to date- 1 in Laos, 1 in Guatemala, 1 in Ghana, 1 in Nicaragua, and 2 in Mali, Africa.

 

Tyler has been named as “Young Emerging Leader” by the Leader to Leader Institute in New York, and was selected as "Top 40 Under 40" leaders in the Gift and Stationery Industry. During the last twelve years he has taught and trained audiences of various capacities, and has consulted entrepreneurs, students, and artists at all stages of business. However, Tyler's greatest accomplishment is marrying the girl of his dreams and raising his 4 rockstar kids.