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Byron Trott

Co-CEO of BDT & MSD

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AIProfile 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

No validated GDELT article results were provided in the dataset NewsAPI.

AI-generated summary from gdelt, fec, wikidata, sec_edgar, giving_pledge, propublica_990 6/27/2026 (gpt-5.4-mini). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

$7.1MFoundation Assets
$4.0MGrants Paid
3Foundations
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
Kara J Trott Family FoundationWilmington, DE
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22)
Assets: $3.3MRevenue: $-57,596Grants: $1.4MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$1.6MTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2008–2025Date Range

By Party

PAC/Other
$1.4M
REP
$105K
DEM
$52K
DFL
$365.79

Top Recipients

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION$1.0M
RIGHT TO RISE USA$260K
ROMNEY VICTORY INC$63K
HILLARY VICTORY FUND$50K
DNC SERVICES CORP./DEM. NAT'L COMMITTEE$33K
Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

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

4FORM 4
6/3/2026
4FORM 4
5/22/2026
4FORM 4
4/29/2026
3FORM 3
4/10/2026
4FORM 4
3/6/2026
4FORM 4
3/6/2026
4FORM 4
3/6/2026
4FORM 4
3/6/2026
4FORM 4
3/6/2026
4FORM 4
3/6/2026
Source: SEC EDGAR regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)

PBSScore Breakdown

B
53.0
Public Benefit Score

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.

Philanthropy65% weight
34%

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

Transparency35% weight
88%

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

Byron Trott — Public Benefit Score B (53) | Billionaire Army