Make A Difference –
Wisconsin Conference
June 1, 2016
Hyatt Regency, 333 W.
Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee
This year’s Investment Conference features a keynote talk with
Byron Trott, whose work as founder, chairman and CEO of Chicago-based BDT &
Company has won praise from colleagues like Henry Paulson and Warren Buffett.
As always, attendees will also hear three exclusive investment opportunities
from our other notable speakers.
What investment
insights will drive your decisions in 2016?
Hear actionable ideas and valuable insight from some of the brightest investment minds in the world. The speakers lined up for the 8th annual Investment Conference hosted by Make A Difference – Wisconsin promise to bring another terrific afternoon of compelling investment ideas and perspectives.
Hear actionable ideas and valuable insight from some of the brightest investment minds in the world. The speakers lined up for the 8th annual Investment Conference hosted by Make A Difference – Wisconsin promise to bring another terrific afternoon of compelling investment ideas and perspectives.
Past speakers include leading
investment professionals such as David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital, Bill
Ackman of Pershing Square Capital, Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital and Jim
Chanos of Kynikos Associates.
“This is a world-class
investment conference of which the Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin investment
communities are extremely proud.”
– James Fleming,
President, CFA Society Milwaukee
Make A Difference – Wisconsin has twice been the recipient of the Governor’s Financial Literacy Award and was named 2014 Nonprofit Organization of the Year by BizTimes Media.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Registration 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Program: 2:30-5:00 p.m.
Networking Reception: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Hyatt Regency
333 W Kilbourn Ave, Milwaukee 53203
2016 Keynote Speaker
Byron Trott
Founder, Chairman & CEO
BDT & Company
Byron D. Trott is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of BDT & Company, and the Chairman of BDT Capital Investment Committee. BDT & Company is a Chicago-based merchant bank that combines more than $8 billion in investment funds with advisory services to address the long-term strategic and financing needs of family and founder-controlled companies. Trott has more than 30 years of experience advising and investing with some of the most successful public and private closely held companies in the U.S. Warren Buffett, one of the world’s richest people, has said of Trott’s banking prowess: “I trust him completely.”
Prior to founding BDT & Company in 2009, Trott had a distinguished 27-year career at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where most recently he was Vice Chairman of the Global Investment Banking Division and head of the Chicago office and the Midwest Region.
Civically, he serves as a trustee of The University of Chicago and as a director of Conservation International. In 2011, Trott was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans and now serves as President and CEO of the Association. He received an AB from the University of Chicago in 1981 and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1982.
