The Mnuchin story in America began with Steven’s grandfather, Leon Mnuchin, who arrived at Ellis Island in 1917 at the age of seven and grew up to become a prominent lawyer and art collector.
His son, Robert, excelled at Yale University and went on to join Goldman Sachs, where in due course Steven followed.
Mnuchin has been hailed by president Trump as a “jobs magnet” who would work “24 hours a day…. 28 hours a day if they give him the extra four hours.”
Finance Committee chairman and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch echoed the praise; "He has experience managing large and complicated private-sector enterprises and in negotiating difficult compromises and making tough decisions — and being accountable for those decisions."
Mnuchin was confirmed in post by a senate vote of 53 – 47, which was broadly divided along party lines.
