Byron Trott
Co-CEO of BDT & MSD
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Byron Trott is a U.S. finance executive and co-CEO of BDT & MSD, with an estimated net worth of ~$4.3B Wikidata. He is a Giving Pledge signatory The Giving Pledge and has filed a large number of SEC reports tied to Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., where the company’s filings include many insider forms SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
Trott is identified as co-CEO of BDT & MSD Wikidata. SEC data links him to Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (ticker KDP), a beverages company, with 1,001 total filings and 647 insider filings; recent filings include Form 4 and Form 3 reports, which are SEC forms used to disclose insider ownership and changes in holdings SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Trott is a signatory to The Giving Pledge The Giving Pledge. Foundation filings show three related foundations with a combined $7,092,101 in assets and $4,031,995 in grants paid across the latest available tax years ProPublica 990. The Trott Foundation reported $3,803,950 in assets and $200,915 in grants paid for 2023, while the Trott Family Foundation reported $2,438,886 in grants paid for 2021 and the Kara J Trott Family Foundation reported $1,392,194 in grants paid for 2023 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show $1,584,011.74 in contributions from 2008-07-16 to 2025-12-10 FEC. The largest recipient was Americans for Prosperity Action at $1,000,000, followed by Right to Rise USA at $260,178.79; the party breakdown shows $1,427,443.31 to PAC/Other, $104,600 to Republican recipients, and $51,602.64 to Democratic recipients FEC.
In the News
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U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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SEC Filings
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
Score Breakdown
The PBS is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.
Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency
Scored on 6/23/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source. View on Wikidata