Steve Bannon has had an unusual path to working in the White House.
After growing up in a working-class Irish Catholic Democratic family in Virginia, Bannon served in the U.S. Navy, worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, produced movies and ran the the conservative website Breitbart News before going to work for Trump’s campaign.
See a gallery of rare photographs of Steve Bannon’s life.
Steve Bannon in his Senior Year book, Benedictine High School, Richmond, Va., 1972.
Seth Poppel/Yearbook LibraryMilitary Court; Bannon (left), Senior Year 1972.
Benedictine High School, Richmond, Va.
Seth Poppel/Yearbook LibraryBannon won the Student Government Association presidency during his junior year at Virginia Tech, 1975.Courtesy of Virginia TechDocumentary filmmaker Bannon in his office in Santa Monica, Calif., June 20, 2005. Marissa Roth—The New York Times/ReduxAward winning filmmaker Bannon introduces his Tea Party movie trilogy at the Virginia Tea Party Convention,Richmond, Va., Oct. 8, 2010.Tina Fultz—Zuma PressBannon in the Washington offices of Breitbart News, 2015.Jeremy LiebmanBreitbart News Daily's Steve Bannon interviews Donald Trump, Jr. for SiriusXM Broadcasts' New Hampshire Primary Coverage, live from the iconic Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, N.H., Feb. 8, 2016. Paul Marotta—SiriusXM/Getty ImagesRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign CEO Steve Bannon attends a campaign rally in Eau Claire, Wis., Nov. 1, 2016. Chip Somodevilla—Getty ImagesSteve Bannon, appointed chief strategist and senior counselor to President-elect Donald Trump, arrives for the Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan 20, 2017.Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty ImagesNational security advisor Michael Flynn and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon in the Oval Office with President Trump while he speaks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Jan. 28, 2017.Drew Angerer—Getty ImagesWhite House senior advisers Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon and national security adviser Michael Flynn in the Oval Office, during a meeting between President Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May, Jan. 27, 2017.Pablo Martinez Monsivais—APPresident Trump congratulates Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 22, 2017. Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty ImagesSteve Bannon, chief strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump, walks towards Marine One after Trump, not pictured, boarded on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017. Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images
