Howard Lutnick
Secretary of Commerce · United States[1]
Republican65 years old
Howard Lutnick is an American financier who has served as United States Secretary of Commerce since February 21, 2025. He was previously chairman and chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald and a co-chair of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential transition team.
- In office since
- February 21, 2025
- Born
- July 14, 1961
- Politics
- Republican since 2016 (previously Democratic); co-chaired Donald Trump's 2024 presidential transition team and, as Commerce Secretary, has publicly defended the administration's tariff policy.[1]
- Health
- Disclosed in October 2021 a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (diffuse large B-cell), with a planned course of six chemotherapy treatments running through January 2022. · as of October 18, 2021[2]
Earnings by year2
What each year added up to: salary, plus outside income, royalties, endorsements, prizes and investment income where a source reports them. A financial disclosure gives ranges, shown as such.
- 2026$253,100Total
- Secretary of Commerce, Executive Schedule Level I annual rate[3]
- $253,100
- 2025$210.6MTotal
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