Howard Lutnick, Donald Trump’s resilient transition chief
He advises hiring friends—but only capable ones
HOWARD LUTNICK is a brawler and a bawler. He owes his multi-billion-dollar fortune—his life, really—to luck and grit. The sharp-elbowed striving that made his career might desensitise other men. But Mr Lutnick also knows pain and he knows tragedy; they have walloped him and reduced him to tears on national television. They have also given him purpose.
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