The billionaires' banker joins elite club of mega-rich

Founder of BDT Capital Partners has quietly amassed a $4.9 billion fortune

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A 2012 photo of Mr Byron Trott, who made a name for himself orchestrating a series of deals for Mr Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, prompting the Omaha billionaire to praise the then Goldman Sachs executive in a letter to investors.

A 2012 photo of Mr Byron Trott, who made a name for himself orchestrating a series of deals for Mr Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, prompting the Omaha billionaire to praise the then Goldman Sachs executive in a letter to investors.

PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Mr Byron Trott, consigliere to some of the world's wealthiest families, doesn't like being called the billionaires' banker.
After all, the 62-year-old is a billionaire himself.
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