The Banker Buffett Calls “The Best” on Why Family Businesses Are America’s Overlooked Economic Engine
The post The Banker Buffett Calls “The Best” on Why Family Businesses Are America’s Overlooked Economic Engine appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. 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