John Phelan

Founder at MSD ACQUISITION CORP.

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Mr. John C.
Phelan is a Chairman at MSD Acquisition Corp., a Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus at MSD Partners LP, a Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner at DFO Management (Private Equity) and a Strategic Advisor at Orion Biotech Opportunities Corp.
He is on the Board of Directors at MSD Capital (UK) Ltd., Spirit of America, Inc., Third Option Foundation, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Inc. and Whitney Museum of American Art.
Prior to forming MSD Capital, he was a Principal for seven years at ESL Partners, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based investment firm.
Prior to ESL, he was a Vice President in the Equity Group and was in charge of Acquisitions (Western Region) for the Zell-Merrill Lynch Real Estate Opportunity Funds.
He began his career at Goldman Sachs, where he worked as an Analyst in the Investment Banking Division.
He received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and graduated from Southern Methodist University with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science.
He also holds a General Course degree with an emphasis in Economics and International Relations from The London School of Economics.

John Phelan active positions

Companies	Position	Start
MSD ACQUISITION CORP.	Founder	04/02/2021
ORION BIOTECH OPPORTUNITIES CORP.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as a foundation or endowment	Director/Board Member	-
MSD Partners LP MSD Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance MSD Partners is a fundamental value investor which seeks to make investments that consistently generate attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long-term. The firm utilizes a multi-disciplinary framework of analysis to evaluate investment opportunities across their core areas of investing expertise – Credit, Private Capital, Real Estate Equity and Growth Equity.	Founder	30/06/2009
MSD Capital (UK) Ltd. MSD Capital (UK) Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Director/Board Member	09/02/2006
Spirit of America, Inc. Spirit of America, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as non-profit organization	Director/Board Member	-
Third Option Foundation Third Option Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a non-profit organization that provides support, resiliency programs, medical and transition services	Director/Board Member	-

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Companies	Position	End
ESL Investments, Inc. ESL Investments, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance ESL’s overall investment philosophy is value-driven and based on disciplined, extensive fundamental analysis and field research. They look for good companies, with strong fundamentals, selling at attractive prices. The firm primarily invests with a bottom-up perspective, focusing on the individual company business model rather than making a sector or industry bet. With their long-term capital and investment perspective, ESL has less of a focus on short-term market-driven price performance and has the ability to support strategies that increase the value of company shares over a longer time horizon. This approach allows them to pursue those companies that may temporarily fall out-of-favor with the broad investor universe but where long-term value can be realized. ESL’s investment strategy is not intended to generate absolute returns, but is instead intended to exceed the performance of the broad US stock market over a minimum five-year horizon.	Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/1996
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Corporate Officer/Principal	30/12/1987
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DFO Management (Private Equity) DFO Management (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance DFO invests in companies located across the globe. The firm focuses across a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in buyout transactions.	Finance
ESL Investments, Inc. ESL Investments, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance ESL’s overall investment philosophy is value-driven and based on disciplined, extensive fundamental analysis and field research. They look for good companies, with strong fundamentals, selling at attractive prices. The firm primarily invests with a bottom-up perspective, focusing on the individual company business model rather than making a sector or industry bet. With their long-term capital and investment perspective, ESL has less of a focus on short-term market-driven price performance and has the ability to support strategies that increase the value of company shares over a longer time horizon. This approach allows them to pursue those companies that may temporarily fall out-of-favor with the broad investor universe but where long-term value can be realized. ESL’s investment strategy is not intended to generate absolute returns, but is instead intended to exceed the performance of the broad US stock market over a minimum five-year horizon.	Finance
MSD Partners LP MSD Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance MSD Partners is a fundamental value investor which seeks to make investments that consistently generate attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long-term. The firm utilizes a multi-disciplinary framework of analysis to evaluate investment opportunities across their core areas of investing expertise – Credit, Private Capital, Real Estate Equity and Growth Equity.	Finance
Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as a foundation or endowment	Miscellaneous
London School of Economics & Political Science London School of Economics & Political Science Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Inc. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides research services	Commercial Services
MSD Capital (UK) Ltd. MSD Capital (UK) Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Finance
Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Spirit of America, Inc. Spirit of America, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as non-profit organization	Commercial Services
MSD Acquisition Corp. MSD Acquisition Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Operates as a blank check company	Finance
Orion Biotech Opportunities Corp. Orion Biotech Opportunities Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Operates as a blank check company	Finance
Third Option Foundation Third Option Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a non-profit organization that provides support, resiliency programs, medical and transition services	Commercial Services