Cordillera Ranch is being developed by Cordillera Ranch Development Corp. which is a subsidiary of DH Investment Company, a Lufkin, Texas based real estate investment and development Company. DH Investment Company was formed in 1983 by David A. Hill and Thomas P. Darmstadter for the purpose of developing residential communities and commercial properties. Prior to forming DH Investment Company, Darmstadter and Hill served as President and Vice-President respectively of Exeter Investment Co., a large real estate development and investment company owned by the Temple family of East Texas. Hill and Darmstadter have combined experience of over 60 years in the real estate development business and have developed all types of real estate including shopping centers, apartments, hotels and numerous upscale residential and golf course communities. They are in various stages of development on five upscale residential communities: Wood Glen in Round Rock, Texas, northwest of Austin, Covered Bridge in southwest Austin, The Headlands at Steiner Ranch in west Austin, Southern Trace in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Cordillera Ranch in the Texas Hill Country, 20 minutes northwest of San Antonio.

David Hill is a native Texan and 1972 graduate of UT-Austin with a BBA in finance. Hill began his real estate career as a real estate salesman while a student at the University of Texas - Austin. Hill developed his first subdivision in the Westlake area of Austin in 1976 and has been actively involved in numerous real estate developments since that time.

Thomas P. Darmstadter graduated from the University of Alabama in 1958 and began his career in the real estate industry working for a large national market research firm. Darmstadter was also previously associated with three major real estate development companies, Lumbermen's Investment Corporation, Baker-Jones-Crow and Jagger Associates.