Steve Bannon, Trump's chief strategist

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker turned Breitbart News exec who once said he didn't want his daughters 'going to school with Jews': Meet Steve Bannon, Trump's chief strategist

Stephen K. "Steve" Bannon is an American businessman and media executive. He is the executive chairman of Breitbart News, a politically conservative American news, opinion and commentary website, noted .

 

 

Donald Trump's new chief strategist is a former Goldman Sachs banker and Breitbart executive who has expressed repeated disdain for the Republican establishment - and was accused in court of antisemitism.

Steve Bannon, 62, landed the White House position on Sunday while outgoing Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus was appointed chief of staff. Bannon had also been viewed as a candidate for the position.

Bannon, who emerged as the leader of the alt-right during the last months of Trump's campaign, is an anti-establishment counterpart to GOP figure Priebus.

But Bannon's lack of gusto for the ruling class hasn't kept him from knocking on the door of two of the world's most exclusive clubs: Wall Street and Hollywood.

Bannon, who is of Irish Catholic descent, graduated from Georgetown University with a master's degree in national security studies and went to Harvard Business School hoping to land a Wall Street job.

He matriculated in 1983, became a US Navy officer, then joined Goldman Sachs as an investment banker.