Steven Mnuchin

Steven Terner Mnuchin (/məˈnʃɪn/ mə-NOO-shin; born December 21, 1962) is an American investment banker and film producer who served as the 77th United States secretary of the treasury as part of the Cabinet of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. Serving for a full presidential term, Mnuchin was one of the few high-profile members of Trump's cabinet whom the president did not dismiss.

Steven Mnuchin
Official portrait, 2018
77th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office
February 13, 2017  January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputySigal Mandelker (acting)
Justin Muzinich
Preceded byJack Lew
Succeeded byJanet Yellen
Personal details
Born
Steven Terner Mnuchin

(1962-12-21) December 21, 1962
New York City, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Kathryn Leigh McCarver
(m. 1992; div. 1999)

Heather deForest Crosby
(m. 1999; div. 2014)

(m. 2017)
Children3
Parent
EducationYale University (BA)

Mnuchin was born in New York City. Upon graduating from Yale University in 1985, Mnuchin joined the investment bank Goldman Sachs where his father, Robert Mnuchin, was a general partner. Mnuchin worked at Goldman Sachs for 17 years, eventually becoming its chief information officer. After he left Goldman Sachs in 2002, he worked for and founded several hedge funds and launched Dune Entertainment, a film production company that financed several films for 20th Century Fox. He later served on the boards of Kmart and Sears Holdings. During the financial crisis of 2007–2008 he bought failed residential Indymac, which he reorganized as OneWest Bank and resold, becoming embroiled in lawsuits over questionable foreclosures.

Mnuchin joined Trump's presidential campaign in 2016, and was named National Finance Chairman for the campaign. On February 13, 2017, Mnuchin was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Secretary of the Treasury by a vote of 53–47. As Secretary of the Treasury, Mnuchin supported the Trump tax cuts and the tax reform of 2017, and advocated reducing personal and corporate tax rates. In regard to regulatory policy, Mnuchin supported President Trump’s partial repeal of the Dodd–Frank Act, citing the complexity of the legislation.

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