Ryan Nolan
Partner and Co-Head of Technology at BDT & MSD Partners
Ryan P. Nolan is a Partner and Co-Head of Technology at BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank with an advisory and investment platform built to serve the distinct needs of founders, family business owners, and strategic, long-term investors. He also serves on the firm’s Technology Investment Committee.
Prior to joining BDT & MSD, Ryan was a Partner in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. During his 13 year career at Goldman Sachs, he advised on merger and acquisition transactions totaling more than $100 billion in deal value, including the largest technology acquisition in history, and advised on capital market transactions raising more than $50 billion, including five billion-dollar technology IPOs and two of the largest private financings in technology history. In 2023, Ryan was identified by The Information as one of nine “Financial Power Brokers” in banking in the United States. Ryan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and serves on the Board of Directors of the the PBS Foundation, the American’s Frontier Fund, and the Roberts Economic Development Fund.
Ryan earned a B.B.A. in Finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame, a J.D. from the Duke University School of Law and an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
