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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Financial services |
Predecessor | BDT & Company MSD Partners |
Founded | January 2023 |
Headquarters |
Equitable Building,
Chicago, U.S. One Vanderbilt, New York City, U.S. |
Key people |
Byron Trott (Chairman and co-CEO) Gregg Lemkau (co-CEO) |
Products |
Investment banking Private equity |
AUM | US$50 billion (2023) |
Website |
bdtmsd |
Footnotes / references [1] |
BDT & MSD Partners (BDT & MSD) is an American merchant bank that is co-headquartered in Chicago and New York City. The firm has both an advisory platform and an investment platform.
In January 2023, BDT & MSD was formed from the merger of BDT & Company, a merchant bank founded by Byron Trott that provides advice and capital to family and founder-led companies, and MSD Partners, an investment firm that manages the wealth of Michael Dell and his family. [2] [3] [4]
Trott is currently the Chairman and co-CEO of the firm while Gregg Lemkau who was previously CEO of MSD Partners is the other co-CEO. [2] [3] [4]
Dina Powell left Goldman Sachs to join the firm in May 2023. [5]
BDT & MSD is co-headquartered in Chicago and New York City with additional offices in Santa Monica, Dallas, and elsewhere. [6]