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

Bannon's career began with service as an officer in the United States Navy between 1977 and 1983, followed by two years as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.