Howard Lutnick
Secretary of Commerce
executive
Still SeatedHoward Lutnick is the 41st United States Secretary of Commerce and a former Wall Street executive who led Cantor Fitzgerald, BGC Group, and Newmark before joining the Trump administration. He also served as co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition, making him both a cabinet official and a core Trumpworld operator. His controversy profile centers on aggressive tariff advocacy, conflict-of-interest scrutiny tied to his business empire and a proposed Commerce investment involving Cantor ties, plus renewed attention to his past interactions with Jeffrey Epstein.