WASHINGTON—Howard Lutnick’s journey from Wall Street veteran to one of President Trump’s most hawkish trade advisers began with a speech at his October campaign rally at Madison Square Garden. Lutnick extolled the virtues of tariffs and argued that the duties could at least in part replace the U.
Even as he stumped for President Trump, Howard Lutnick’s commercial real estate firm was wooing clients across the southern border.
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren is pressing Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick on connections he and his firm Cantor Fitzgerald LP have with a company that’s the go-to cryptocurrency of the criminal world,
Howard Lutnick, CEO of Wall Street brokerage firm Cantor Fitzgerald, did not address policy specifics in his written testimony for the Senate Commerce Committee seen by Reuters. As commerce secretary, Lutnick is to have "additional direct responsibility" for the U.S. Trade Representative's office.
Howard Lutnick, the Wall Street executive in line to run the Commerce Department and champion tariffs in the Trump administration, also has a lesser-known persona: inventor.
The resolution of the shareholder complaint comes days ahead of Lutnick’s confirmation hearing for Commerce Secretary.
Howard Lutnick, the wealthy Wall Street executive whom President Trump has tapped to lead the Department of Commerce, detailed a complex network of financial holdings on Friday as he prepared to face scrutiny from lawmakers during a confirmation hearing next week.
Lutnick is stepping down as head of investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald as he prepares to head the Commerce Department.
Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Commerce Department, on Friday disclosed his financial holdings and assets ahead of a Senate hearing to confirm him for the role.
Newmark shareholders had alleged in a lawsuit that Lutnick didn't boost the company's value following its IPO and didn't deserve a $50M bonus.
Lee Zeldin, a former state senator who also represented the 1st Congressional District, is now the head of the Environmental Protection Agency for President Donald Trump. Not since William Casey of Roslyn Harbor served six years as director of the CIA in the Reagan administration has a Long Islander served in a presidential cabinet.
President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.