partnership with JAB, the investment vehicle of the Reimann family from Germany. On June 14, 2019, it was announced that BDT bought a majority stake alongside the Dobson family in the Texas burger chain Whataburger. From an advisory standpoint, BDT & Company has advised many leading business-owning families and their companies, including Alberto-Culver, Carlson, Cox Enterprises, EXOR, Guardian Industries, Guthy-Renker, Hyatt, JAB, Mars, Molex, S. C. Johnson & Son, and Wrigley. Personal life Trott serves as a trustee of the University of Chicago, founded the Jeff Metcalf Internship Program and helped to launch the Trott Business Program, which provides undergraduate UChicago students with practical work experience and mentoring. Trott also is a director of Conservation International and in 2011 was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans and now serves as President of the Association. References External link Living people 1958 births American investment bankers American stockbrokers Berkshire Hathaway Businesspeople from Missouri Goldman Sachs people People from Union, Missouri University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni University of Chicago alumni University of Chicago trustees American chief executives