Having rebuilt his firm after losing hundreds of employees on 9/11, Howard Lutnick should be one of the most respected CEOs in America. Why do so many people despise him?

Wall Street veteran Howard Lutnick, whose domain stretches from brokerages to real estate, has been one of Donald Trump's biggest promoters from the business world in recent months. Lutnick, 63, in August became co-chair of Trump's transition team for a second four-year term in the White House,

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump wants Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick — a vocal cryptocurrency enthusiast who has been stablecoin giant Tether's (USDT) Wall Street banker for years — to serve as his Commerce Secretary, not Treasury Secretary.