BDT & MSD Partners is a merchant bank and investment firm co-headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and New York City, New York. Formed in 2023 through the combination of BDT & Company, which was established in 2009, and MSD Partners, the firm operates as a specialized advisory and investment platform. The firm's primary mandate is to provide tailored capital solutions and strategic advice to family- and founder-led businesses and long-term investors. By leveraging its heritage in merchant banking, BDT & MSD Partners serves as a strategic partner to its clients, focusing on long-term value creation rather than short-term gains. The organization maintains a significant market presence by combining deep advisory expertise with a flexible investment platform designed to meet the distinct needs of closely held enterprises and sophisticated global investors over extended horizons. The firm executes its strategy across four core asset classes: Private Capital, Credit, Real Estate, and Growth Equity. Its geographic focus is global, with a presence in major financial centers across North America and Europe to support its international client base. The investment approach is characterized by providing high-quality, long-term capital to businesses, often through its registered investment advisors, bdt capital and msd capital. Within its real estate and family-office-adjacent activities, the firm maintains a relationship with the Pritzker/Byron Trott family-adjacent — MSD = Michael Dell family office. This structure allows BDT & MSD Partners to offer a diverse range of investment strategies, from senior debt and opportunistic credit to equity investments in high-growth companies. The bdt msd platform utilizes a disciplined, research-driven process to identify opportunities where its unique capital base and advisory capabilities can provide a competitive advantage to bdt and msd partners and their portfolio companies. BDT & MSD Partners operates on a global scale, maintaining offices in Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Palm Beach, San Francisco, London, and Frankfurt. The firm serves a sophisticated investor base that includes family offices, founders, and other strategic, long-term institutional investors seeking specialized access to private markets. Its organizational longevity is rooted in the decades of experience brought by its predecessor firms, which have long histories of advising and investing alongside some of the world's most prominent business owners. The firm's platform is built on a foundation of regulatory compliance, with entities registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as well as the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom. This extensive global reach and multi-disciplinary expertise allow BDT & MSD Partners to provide a comprehensive suite of services, including portfolio management and capital raising, to a worldwide clientele of business owners and strategic investors.