“I'm a very practical, pragmatic capitalist. I was trained at Goldman Sachs. I went to Harvard Business School. I was as hard-nosed a capitalist as you get. I specialized in media, in investing in media companies, and it's a very, very tough environment.”

American media executive and Republican political strategist

Stephen Kevin Bannon is an American media executive, Republican political strategist, pundit, and former investment banker. He served as chief strategist in the White House for the first seven months of Donald Trump’s first administration, before Trump fired him. He was also executive chairman of Breitbart News and, since 2019, has hosted the War Room podcast. His public profile is tied to American conservative politics and media.