Howard Lutnick

Howard Lutnick's story is one I keep returning to because it resists simple judgment. On September 11, Cantor Fitzgerald lost most of its employees, including his brother, and Lutnick — criticized at first, then largely vindicated — rebuilt the firm while funding victims' families for years. That chapter alone would define most lives. Instead he reinvented himself again as Commerce Secretary, placing a Wall Street dealmaker's instincts at the center of national trade policy. Whatever one thinks of his politics, I am fascinated by people who absorb catastrophic loss and respond by taking on more responsibility, not less. He is exactly that rare type.

Name (English)

Howard Lutnick

Name (Japanese)

ハワード・ラトニック

Reading

はわーど・らとにっく

Born

July 14, 1961 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

Origin

Jericho, New York, United States

Occupation

businessperson / trader

High school

Jericho High School

University

Haverford College

Awards & achievements

• 2001 Financial Times Person of the Year
• Navy Distinguished Public Service Award

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/howardlutnick/
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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF

Tags

• New York
• businessperson
• trader

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.