liability company industry private equity founded 1998 founder michael dell 1 headquarters 645 fifth avenue 21st floor new york city and 100 wilshire boulevard suite 1700 santa monica california united states 2 products leveraged buyout growth capital investments real estate 1 total assets not public in excess of 12 billion 1 number of employees 80 1 website msdcapital.com msd capital is the investment vehicle owned and controlled by michael dell and his family . the company is one of the main investors in the announced leveraged buyout of dell inc. besides michael dell in private silver lake partners microsoft and several banks 3 contents 1 origins 1.1 management 1.2 relation with dell computers 2 activities 3 references origins edit msd capital was formed in 1998 to manage the wealth of michael dell and his family . management edit msd capital has a dedicated investment team and according to their own statement mr dell is not involved in the day to day operations of the firm . the company makes no statement of his involvement on major decisions . the main investment partners are glenn r. fuhrman co managing partner and co founder 4 as well as john c. phelan also co managing partner and co founder 5 besides those 2 co founders and co managing partners another 10 partners are listed 6 relation with dell computers edit msd capital has no direct involvement with dell as a company although this will likely change if the leveraged buy out is successful . 7 activities edit as a private investment firm the company doesn t publish detailed records on their activities or strategies . according to information on msd capital s website they have a very broad mandate how to invest the money . they are currently as mentioned on their website on 5 february 2013 specialized in value based public investing buying and selling shares of publicly listed companies special opportunity projects partnering with selected hedge funds investments in real estate private equity dell inc would likely be their largest investment to date if the leveraged buy out succeeds . 3 in 2016 msd s involvement in the small sized television over the air broadcast properties market was detailed . the report came as the u.s. federal communications commission moved toward a dutch auction for the re acquisition and re sale of the broadcasting frequencies to more lucrative wireless phone uses . ota broadcasting llc a unit of msd was formed in 2011 . amongst more than a dozen acquisitions since then the most valuable ... is from a former korean station in new york . dell s representatives bought the station in march 2012 for 6.6 million . the fcc s opening bid for that license is 377 million . also in the report the wall street journal set the maximum proceeds from all ota properties at 4 billion . 8 references edit a b c d msdcapital website faqs msdcapital website contact us a b financial times website michael dell orchestrates 24bn buyout deal 5 february 2013 msd website on glen r. fuhrman 5 february 2013 msdcapital website on john c. phelan visited 5 february 2013 msd capital website listing of partners visited 5 february 2013 miles weiss january 31 2013 . dell keeps lbo financing in the family with msd capital . bloomberg businessweek . gryta thomas and kate linebaugh computer mogul michael dell stands to reap billions from fcc auction wall street journal january 23 2016 . retrieved 2016 01 13 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title msd capital & oldid 741698619 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies established in 1998private equity portfolio companiescompanies based in new york city navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 03 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view