Byron Trott
$3.71B
as of 10/04/24
About Byron Trott
Byron D. Trott is chairman and co-CEO of merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners.
Trott merged his company BDT & Co. with Michael Dell's family investment firm MSD Partners in 2023.
He started BDT in 2009 after nearly 30 years at Goldman Sachs, where he began as stockbroker and eventually rose to become vice chairman of investment banking.
Trott's closely held BDT has provided advice and capital to family and founder-led companies including ones owned by such billionaires as Dennis Washington and Shahid Khan.
Trott serves on the board of trustees at his alma mater, the University of Chicago.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
InvestmentsResidence
Winnetka, IllinoisMarital status
MarriedBirth date
12/02/58 (age 65)Self-made
self-madeByron Trott’s fortune is worth
62K
troy ounces of gold
57K
median U.S. household
37K
median U.S. income
0.074%
U.S. credit card volume
0.015%
GDP of the United States
0.011%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Trott and wife Tina signed The Giving Pledge in 2021.
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