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Byron Trott

Co-CEO of BDT & MSD

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Byron Trott, born in 1958, is a U.S. finance executive and co-CEO of BDT & MSD, according to Wikidata. Wikidata estimates his net worth at ~$4.3B. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

SEC filings identify Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. as an operating company associated with Trott and also identify Maple Holdings B.V. Form 3 filings disclose an insider’s initial ownership of a company’s securities, while Form 4 filings report later changes in an insider’s holdings; SEC EDGAR shows recent filings of both types for Keurig Dr Pepper. SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

Form 990 filings show the Trott Foundation reported $3,803,950 in assets, $1,083,446 in revenue, and $200,915 in grants paid in tax year 2023. The Trott Family Foundation reported $2,438,886 in grants paid, $1 in assets, and $2,395,873 in revenue in tax year 2021; its expenses were $34,243,706. ProPublica 990 The Giving Pledge identifies Byron Trott as a signatory. RTB

Political Activity

FEC filings show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file, totaling $2,077,951.74; the figures cover only that sample. The party breakdown in that sample was $1,922,483.31 to committees with unknown party designation, $103,600 to Republicans, $51,502.64 to Democrats, and $365.79 to Democratic–Farmer–Labor recipients. FEC The largest disclosed recipients in the sample were Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc., doing business as CVA Action and Libre Action ($1,500,000); Right to Rise USA ($260,178.79); Romney Victory Inc. ($62,500); Hillary Victory Fund ($50,000); and DNC Services Corp./Dem. Nat'l Committee ($33,400). FEC

These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.

AI-generated summary from propublica_990, gdelt, sec_edgar, wikidata, fec, giving_pledge — 9/25/2026 (gpt-5.6-terra). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.

$3.8MFoundation Assets
$2.6MGrants Paid
2Foundations
Trott FoundationBirmingham, MI
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22)
Assets: $3.8MRevenue: $1.1MGrants: $201KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Trott Family FoundationChicago, IL
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20Z)
Assets: $1Revenue: $2.4MGrants: $2.4MTax Year: 2021
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) — annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)Dispute

FECPolitical Contributions

$2.1M+In Records We Hold
160Contributions On File
2011–2026Range Shown

These figures cover the 100 most recent of 160 federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.

By Party (in the sample)

Unknown
$1.9M
Republican
$104K
Democratic
$52K
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
$365.79

Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $2,077,951.74.

Top Recipients (in the sample)

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION$1.5M
RIGHT TO RISE USA$260K
ROMNEY VICTORY INC$63K
HILLARY VICTORY FUND$50K
DNC SERVICES CORP./DEM. NAT'L COMMITTEE$33K

Matched by name only. These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.

Source: FEC — contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 9/12/2026) (fec)Dispute

SECSEC Filings

1,001Total Filings
647Insider Filings
73EDGAR Mentions

Associated Companies

Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.

Recent Insider Filings

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Source: SEC EDGAR — regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)Dispute

SCOREScore Breakdown

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Giving score
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The giving score 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.

Philanthropy65% weight
30%

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

Data coverage35% weight
63%

How much sourced public record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.

Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata

Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage

Scored on 10/16/2026 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