--- title: Howard Lutnick Is on the 2025 TIME100 List description: Find out why Howard Lutnick is one of the 100 most influential people of 2025. canonical: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273801/howard-lutnick/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-04-16T10:30:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:46:37.210Z article:section: World og:title: Howard Lutnick: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 og:description: Find out why Howard Lutnick is on this year’s list og:url: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273801/howard-lutnick/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteabbe658b4af7ee0/6998c5be07a30d009777ce98/time100-2025-howard-lutnick.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Howard Lutnick: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Howard Lutnick: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 twitter:description: Find out why Howard Lutnick is on this year’s list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteabbe658b4af7ee0/6998c5be07a30d009777ce98/time100-2025-howard-lutnick.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 16, 2025 # Howard Lutnick ## Video: TIME100 2025 | See Every Honoree [Watch (HLS stream): TIME100 2025 | See Every Honoree](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6HpL33vZ.m3u8) (3:55)  _Published 2025-04-16. See every 2025 TIME100 honoree._ by [Eric Cortellessa](https://time.com/author/eric-cortellessa/) ## Eric Cortellessa Senior Correspondent  WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 21: Howard Lutnick listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks before Lutnick is sworn in as Commerce Secretary in the Oval Office at the White House on February 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Lutnick, the former CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Group, was confirmed by the Senate 51 to 45\. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 21: Howard Lutnick listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks before Lutnick is sworn in as Commerce Secretary in the Oval Office at the White House on February 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Lutnick, the former CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Group, was confirmed by the Senate 51 to 45\. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Win McNamee—Getty Images A year ago, Howard Lutnick was a Wall Street power player. Running the financial-services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, he amassed an estimated net worth of more than $2 billion. Now he’s at the center of Donald Trump’s Washington. As the transition co-chair, he helped to shape the Administration, vetting staffers and filling the Cabinet with billionaires like himself. As U.S. Commerce Secretary, Lutnick was one of the main officials who urged Trump toward a maximalist [approach on tariffs](https://time.com/7276408/how-ceos-beat-trump-on-tariffs/), which triggered a global financial panic. He’s at times drawn the ire of White House aides and business leaders, and some suspect he could take the fall if the nation enters a recession. Others see Lutnick, 63, as trying to expand his influence. He’s made moves to fold the U.S. Postal Service, an independent agency, into the Commerce Department. 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