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Byron D. Trott, chairman and co-CEO of BDT & MSD Partners BDT & MSD Partners Byron D. Trott is chairman and co-CEO of merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners, which advises and invests in family and founder-led companies, including Cox Enterprises, Enterprise Mobility, and Sierra Nevada Corp. A longtime executive at Goldman Sachs, Trott founded BDT & Co. in 2009 and merged it with MSD Partners, the investment firm backed by Michael Dell, in 2023. Over the years, he has worked with numerous family businesses and founders across industries, including the Haslams, Heinekens, Kochs, Mars, Pritzkers, Pulitzers, Waltons and Wrigleys, and even Warren Buffett. In America, many of the most important businesses are also the least visible. They are not always headquartered in New York or Silicon Valley. They are not driven by the next quarter, the next headl
Goldman's strategy could reshape risk management in private credit, potentially stabilizing markets but also obscuring true credit risk visibility.
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Goldman Sachs' AI integration could redefine operational efficiency, but regulatory challenges may impact its strategic leverage and investor confidence.
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Goldman Sachs’ baseline forecast of $7.6 trillion in artificial intelligence (AI) capital spending ultimately depends on how long AI‑specific silicon remains useful. Decentralized networks promise major cost efficiencies but continue to battle latency issues, and experts argue their long‑term viability will hinge on prioritizing verifiability over raw performance. The $7.6 Trillion Baseline A recent Goldman […]
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“At a time when much of the business conversation is defined by speed, scale and disruption, family businesses reflect a different model of success, one grounded in endurance, stewardship, resilience and trust,” says Byron Trott, the legendary chairman and co-CEO of merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners, in an essay for Forbes published Wednesday. “Their impact is often felt not only in revenues or valuations, but in livelihoods, institutions and the strength of local communities. That is why Forbes’ inaugural list of America’s top family businesses matters now,” says Trott, who has worked with companies founded and controlled by families with names like Koch, Pritzker, Mars and Cox. There’s no doubt that America’s family businesses–including the 100 largest ones featured on Forbes’ new ranking–are what Trott calls “the quiet engine driving the economy.” They account for 25% of U.S. companies
Invitation to be part of group including Elon Musk and Tim Cook highlights American AI and tech ambitions
The billionaire chief executive of the chipmaker Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has joined Donald Trump’s China delegation after a reported last-minute invitation, highlighting the US’s AI and tech ambitions.
Huang will join a roster of US bosses including the Tesla chief executive and X owner, Elon Musk, the Apple chief executive, Tim Cook, and Goldman Sachs’s David Solomon at Trump’s 36-hour meeting with the China president, Xi Jinping.
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Prolonged high interest rates could dampen economic growth and investment, impacting risk assets and delaying crypto market recovery.
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Four months into the war in Iran, the U.S. economy is still on its feet, but the ground beneath it is shifting fast, and both Wall Street and Washington are starting to feel it. Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius said Monday that the global economy is holding together, describing its condition as “bending, not breaking.” His note had questions many investors are already asking. Why is the stock market performing well if the mood among market participant is extremely negative. Hatzius has given three reasons for market’s split behavior. Since countries had stockpiled oil ahead of the war, the prives didn’t reach where the anxieties were. It did cause shortage of products like jet fuel, but Hatzius mentioned it as “relatively painless” as airlines trimmed schedules on lower priority routes. Secondly AI boom with massive spending kept the investors distracted with confidence
The forecasted yuan appreciation could enhance China's global trade leverage, impacting forex markets and potentially stabilizing crypto assets.
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