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Steve Feinberg

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Steve Feinberg

Stephen Andrew Feinberg (born March 29, 1960) is an American businessman and government official who has served as the 36th United States deputy secretary of defense since 2025. He is the co-founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Cerberus Capital Management. Feinberg was also chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board from 2018 to 2021, during the first Trump administration.

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President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
Shirley JacksonJami Miscik
Succeeded by
Sandy Winnefeld
Born
(1960-03-29) March 29, 1960 (age 65)New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Gisella Sanchez
Children
3
Education
Princeton University (BA)
Party
Republican

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Preceded byShirley JacksonJami Miscik
Preceded byShirley JacksonJami Miscik
Government offices
Preceded byShirley JacksonJami Miscik
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Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board 2018–2021
Government offices
Succeeded bySandy Winnefeld
Preceded byNeal S. Wolin
Preceded byNeal S. Wolin
Government offices
Preceded byNeal S. Wolin
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Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board 2018–2021
Political offices
Political offices
Government offices
Political offices
Preceded byKathleen Hicks
Preceded byKathleen Hicks
Government offices
Preceded byKathleen Hicks
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United States Deputy Secretary of Defense 2025–present
Government offices
Incumbent
Government offices
Preceded byShirley JacksonJami Miscik
Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board 2018–2021
Succeeded bySandy Winnefeld
Preceded byNeal S. Wolin
Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board 2018–2021
Political offices
Preceded byKathleen Hicks
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense 2025–present
Incumbent

References

  1. A secondary title of the position is Deputy Secretary of War after President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order; the fo
  2. "RESTORING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR"
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restoring-the-united-states-department-of-war/
  3. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/trump-administration-picks-defense-doge-latin-america
  4. The Wall Street Journal
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-financial-advisory-team-stocked-with-wall-streeters-1478730578
  5. Senator Bill Hagerty
    https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2025/02/25/hagerty-introduces-steve-feinberg-trumps-nominee-for-deputy-secretary-of-defense/
  6. Times of Israel: "Trump wants Jewish billionaire to vet spy agencies – reportAs ties fray between White House and intell
    https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-wants-jewish-billionaire-to-vet-spy-agencies-report/
  7. Eytan Avriel, "A shy wunderkind, Stephen Feinberg" Archived May 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Haaretz, 16.11.2005
    https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/a-shy-wunderkind-stephen-feinberg-1.174285
  8. Upstart Business Journal: "The Most Dangerous Deal in America" by Daniel Roth August 13, 2007
    http://upstart.bizjournals.com/executives/features/2007/08/13/Stephen-Feinberg-Cerberus.html?page=all
  9. The Politics of Prostitution and Drug Legalization
    http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp017h149r67p
  10. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/business/09cerb.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0/
  11. "The Most Dangerous Deal in America"
    http://upstart.bizjournals.com/executives/features/2007/08/13/Stephen-Feinberg-Cerberus.html
  12. "Cerberus' new Europe property fund may attract over $370 mn from Korean investors"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161224030108/http://www.koreaninvestors.com/?p=791
  13. "Who We Are – Cerberus Capital Management"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161011134728/http://www.cerberuscapital.com/the-firm/
  14. "J. Danforth Quayle - Cerberus Capital Management"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160706202441/http://www.cerberuscapital.com/team/j-danforth-quayle/
  15. "John W. Snow - Cerberus Capital Management"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161225161548/http://www.cerberuscapital.com/team/john-w-snow/
  16. "Is it 2006? Cerberus Loves Mortgage-Backed Securities"
    https://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/05/25/is-it-2006-cerberus-loves-mortgage-backed-securities/
  17. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/cerberus-idUSN0713981720110607/
  18. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/business/yourmoney/24hedge.html?pagewanted=3&ref=&_r=0/
  19. "Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital" Archived May 30, 2017, at the Wayback Machine by Matt T
    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829?page=4
  20. Ken Dilanian, Peter Alexander: Trump Asks Billionaire Steve Feinberg To Review Intel Agencies - NBC News, February 16, 2
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-asks-billionaire-steve-feinberg-review-intel-agencies-n721756
  21. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/03/trump-stephen-feinberg-deputy-defence-secretary
  22. New York Magazine
    http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/32136/
  23. Forbes
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2017/02/04/stephen-feinberg-private-equity-billionaire-trump-administration/#7e84a99d4c91
  24. New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/business/dealbook/a-whos-who-of-financiers-is-expected-at-trumps-new-york-fund-raiser.html
  25. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/us/politics/trump-intelligence-agencies-stephen-feinberg.html
  26. "Trump Chooses Cerberus's Stephen Feinberg to Lead Spy Advisory Panel"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-11/trump-chooses-cerberus-s-feinberg-to-lead-spy-advisory-panel
  27. Forbes
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/02/19/here-are-the-billionaires-who-donated-to-donald-trumps-2020-presidential-campaign/
  28. "Active Member Directory"
    http://businesscouncil.com/active-members/
  29. Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/amazons-jeff-bezos-appointed-chairman-of-washington-based-business-council/2014/10/20/14a59828-5635-11e4-809b-8cc0a295c773_story.html
  30. www.warren.senate.gov
    https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/ahead-of-confirmation-hearing-warren-lays-out-concerns-with-deputy-defense-secretary-nominee-stephen-feinberg
  31. The Atlantic
    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/republicans-dictator-putin-ukraine/681841/
  32. POLITICO
    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/pentagon-defense-russia-ukraine-00206008
  33. senate.gov
    https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00126.htm
  34. "Senate Confirms New Deputy Defense Secretary"
    https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4121234/senate-confirms-new-deputy-defense-secretary/
  35. U.S. Department of Defense
    https://www.war.gov/About/Deputy-Secretary-of-War/
  36. Forbes
    https://www.forbes.com/profile/stephen-feinberg/
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