Stephen Andrew Feinberg (born March 29, 1960) is an American businessman and investor active in hedge fund management and private equity as well as being the current nominee for Deputy Secretary of Defense.

[3] In 2017 Cerberus also owned DynCorp, which is a major national security contractor with the U.S. government, charging billions for overseas military and police training.

[20][21] In February 2017, the New York Times reported that President Trump will assign Feinberg a role in the White House leading a review of the US intelligence agencies.

[24] He is a member of The Business Council in Washington, D.C., an association of chief executive officers from a range of companies who meet several times a year for high-level policy discussions.

[25][26] In December 2024, incoming president Donald Trump offered to nominate Feinberg as the Deputy Secretary of Defense, according to a reporter at The Washington Post.

[1] As of February 19th several Democratic senators including Elizabeth Warren have expressed concerns over his past experience and possible conflict of interests between his company Cerberus Capital Management and the United States Department of Defense.

He splits time between his homes on Manhattan's Upper East Side and Greenwich, Connecticut, with his wife Gisela (née Sanchez).