John Phelan

DFO Management /Private Equity/ (DFO) is a private equity subsidiary of MSD Capital Management LLC founded in 1998 by Glenn Robert Fuhrman and John Cartwright Phelan. The firm is headquartered in New York.

ESL Investments, Inc. is a privately-owned hedge fund sponsor and registered investment adviser founded in 1988. Headquartered in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, ESL manages assets on a discretionary basis in one master fund, ESL Partners LP. They also offer investments in ESL Partners through ESL Limited, a Bermuda-based “feeder fund”. Investors in the funds are generally comprised of ultra high-net worth individuals and family offices, but also include private and public pension plans, financial institutions, and other institutional investors.

MSD Partners LP (MSD) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was formed in 2009 by the then principals of MSD Capital LP, a family office that was founded in 1998 to manage the capital of Michael Dell and his family. MSD was acquired in 2023 by BDT & MSD Holdings LP. MSD Partners provides investment management and certain administrative and managerial services to private investment funds and vehicles and separately managed accounts.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Whitney Museum of American Art exhibits or sells artwork. The museum was founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1930 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Inc. provides research services. It operates educational institutions. The firm offers research in cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, and bioinformatics. It also offers laboratory workshops to science teachers, students, and other groups across the nation. The company was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

MSD Capital (UK) Ltd. is an investment services provider founded in 2006. The private company is based in London, UK.

Spirit of America, Inc. is a non-profit organization. The non-profit company is based in Los Angeles, CA.

MSD Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company which was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination. The company was founded by Gregg R. Lemkau and John Cartwright Phelan on February 5, 2021 and is headquartered in New York, NY.