Rank #984
Byron Trott
Net worth $4.3B
Investments · United States
- Born
- Dec 02, 1958
- Age
- 67
- Source
- Investments
- Residence
- Winnetka, Illinois
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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.
- While at Goldman Sachs, Trott worked under former Treasury secretary Hank Paulson, who was CEO of the bank.
- Trott and wife Tina signed The Giving Pledge in 2021.