--- description: Find out how Alex Bruesewitz is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: Alex Bruesewitz Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a9916223f5f0449/6998ca0447fe513f7755c17f/t100-next-2025-alex_bruesewitz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 30, 2025 # Alex Bruesewitz by [Eric Cortellessa](/author/eric-cortellessa/) ## Eric Cortellessa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent  Pete Kiehart—Redux Alex Bruesewitz was an unlikely architect of Donald Trump’s political revival. An online provocateur turned political tactician, he engineered the campaign’s so-called podcast strategy—booking Trump on popular shows hosted by Theo Von, Logan Paul, and Joe Rogan—to capture the attention of disaffected young men who would be central to Trump’s 2024 victory. Now an outside adviser, Bruesewitz, 28, serves as a senior figure at the President’s PAC, overseeing its social media presence and arranging Trump’s encounters with stars like comedian Shane Gillis and Super Bowl champ Saquon Barkley. Earlier in his 20s, Bruesewitz built a multimillion-dollar political consulting firm, counting Donald Trump Jr. and Elise Stefanik among his clients. Inside the President’s orbit, Bruesewitz represents something potent: a next-­generation influencer expanding MAGA’s reach. Alex Bruesewitz: TIME100 Next 2025 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318826/alex-bruesewitz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318826/alex-bruesewitz/"},"headline":"Alex Bruesewitz","datePublished":"2025-09-30T10:43:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:54:39.037Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318826/alex-bruesewitz/","keywords":["TIME100 Next","sponsorshipblock","t100nextleaders25"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a9916223f5f0449/6998ca0447fe513f7755c17f/t100-next-2025-alex_bruesewitz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Cortellessa","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eric-cortellessa/"}],"creator":"Eric Cortellessa","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a9916223f5f0449/6998ca0447fe513f7755c17f/t100-next-2025-alex_bruesewitz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time100-next/","name":"TIME100 Next"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318826/alex-bruesewitz/","name":"Alex Bruesewitz"}}]}] ```