Steve Bannon

Also known as Stephen K. Bannon, Stephen Kevin Bannon, Stephen Bannon, Bannon, Stephen Kevin "Steve" Bannon

Stephen Kevin Bannon is an American media executive, political strategist, pundit and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of President Donald Trump's first administration before Trump fired him. He is a former executive chairman of Breitbart News. Since 2019, Bannon has hosted the War Room podcast.

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Stephen Kevin Bannon, also known as Steve, is an American film producer, director, publicist, and political adviser. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1953, he holds citizenship in the United States. His professional career began in 1976, spanning fields such as politics, political science, entrepreneurship, and political consulting. He has worked for the United States Navy, Goldman Sachs, the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, and Breitbart News.

Bannon served as Counselor to the President and was a member of the United States National Security Council and the Council for National Policy. A member of the Republican Party, he was educated at Virginia Tech, the Walsh School of Foreign Service, and Harvard University, including Harvard Business School. He served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant (junior grade). He speaks English and maintains a website account on Gettr.

As an author, Bannon has four works, including *Dark Aeon*, *Stealing Your Vote*, *Rebels, Rogues, and Outlaws*, and *Covid Conspiracy*. He has been influenced by Curtis Yarvin, Michael Anton, Alexander Dugin, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb. He has three children.

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Works: 4

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Dark Aeon
Stealing Your Vote
Rebels, Rogues, and Outlaws
Covid Conspiracy

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Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Stephen Kevin Bannon (born November 27, 1953) is an American media executive, political strategist, and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump during the first seven months of Trump's term. He is a former executive chairman of Breitbart News and previously served on the board of the now-defunct data-analytics…

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The War Cabinet — self2026
Can Elon Musk Rule the World? — Self2025
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law — Self2025
The Matt Gaetz Show — Self2025
Fight Like Hell — Self (archive footage)2024
White with Fear — Self2024
God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism — Self (archive footage)2024
The Tucker Carlson Show — Self - Guest2024
The Storming of the Capitol - An American Trauma — Self (archive footage)2022
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros — Self - Former Chief Strategist to President Trump2022

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Instance of: human
Given name: Steve
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Norfolk
Occupation: executive producer
Employer: Cambridge Analytica
Political party: Republican Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: traditionalist Catholicism
Notable work: The Movement
Field of work: political consulting
Military branch: United States Navy
Military rank: lieutenant (junior grade)
Image: Steve Bannon 2025.jpg
Number of children: 3
Convicted of: contempt of Congress
Political ideology: right-wing populism

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date of birth: 1953-11-27
Commons category: Steve Bannon
name in native language: Stephen Kevin Bannon
member of: Council for National Policy
topic's main category: Category:Steve Bannon
start of work period: 1976-00-00
social media followers: 51969
website account on: Gettr
P10632: Steve Bannon
influenced by: paleoconservatism
nickname: Steve
significant person: Donald Trump

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Stephen Kevin Bannon (born November 27, 1953) is an American media executive, Republican political strategist, pundit and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of President Donald Trump's first administration before Trump fired him. He is a former executive chairman of Breitbart News. Since 2019, Bannon has hosted the War Room podcast.

Bannon was an officer in the United States Navy between 1977 and 1983, then worked for two years at Goldman Sachs as an investment banker. In 1993, he became acting director of the research project Biosphere 2. He was an executive producer on 18 Hollywood films from 1991 to 2016. In 2007, he co-founded Breitbart News, a website which he described in 2016 as "the platform for the alt-right". In the mid-2010s, Bannon was a vice president of Cambridge Analytica, a firm that collected data on millions of Facebook users, without their informed consent, for use in Trump's campaign and Brexit, in some cases spreading fake news. Later knowledge of this data breach prompted the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

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