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Gregg Lemkau is an American businessman, who was born in 1969, is the co-CEO of BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank that provides advice and capital to family and founder-led companies. Additionally, he is the chairman of DFO Management, the office of Dell Technologies’ Michael Dell and his family.
Previously, Lemkau was CEO of MSD Partners, a predecessor firm of BDT & MSD Partners, and he spent 28 years in various roles and leadership positions at Goldman Sachs.
Lemkau attended Dartmouth College, where he played as a goalkeeper for the soccer team. After graduating in 1991, he worked as a paralegal at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, before deciding to pursue a career in investment banking.
Lemkau has worked with individuals such as Elon Musk, Travis Kalanick, Marc Benioff, and Daniel Ek. He also led the firm's investments in Facebook and Spotify.
After 28 years at Goldman Sachs, Lemkau left the firm in 2020 to help Michael Dell with management of Dell's family fortune. Lemkau became the CEO of MSD Partners and was tasked with expanding the company's investments and exploring new sectors in which to invest.
Lemkau had previously worked with Dell in 2013 to take Dell Technologies from a public to a private company. They collaborated again to return the company to the public market in 2018.
In 2023, MSD Partners, run by Lemkau, merged with merchant bank BDT & Company, led by Byron Trott. Lemkau and Trott had previously worked together at Goldman Sachs. Together, they formed BDT & MSD, an investment and advisory firm. Trott and Lemkau serve as co-CEOs of BDT & MSD.
He also served on the board of directors of Grassroot Soccer, which fights HIV/AIDS in Africa.
In 2015 Gregg and Kate Lemkau donated $2 million to Dartmouth to establish the Bobby Clark Head Coach of Men's Soccer position.
Early life and education
Lemkau was born in Boston in 1969. His father, Curt Lemkau, died in 2013 and worked in finance.
Career
Lemkau joined an American investment bank, Goldman Sachs, as an analyst in 1992, at the age of 22. In the 1990s, he moved to San Francisco to expand the firm's technology mergers and acquisitions business. Over the following years until 2017, Lemkau moved up the ranks of this bank until he became the co-head of global investment banking.
Personal life
Lemkau is married. He and his wife, Kate, have four children.
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