Michael Kratsios
Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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Office of Science and Technology Policy (director)
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- Michael Kratsios is an American political adviser and business executive.
- He has been director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and science adviser to the president from 2025.
- He was chief technology officer of the United States from 2019 to 2021, and acting under secretary of defense for research and engineering from 2020 to 2021.
- In between he was managing director and head of strategy at Scale AI.
Key facts
- Born
- 7 November 1986; raised in South Carolina1
- Role
- Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, confirmed March 20251
- Before
- US chief technology officer (2019 to 2021); deputy US CTO (from 2017); acting under secretary of defense for research and engineering (2020 to 2021)1
- Private sector
- Managing director and head of strategy, Scale AI (from 2021); CFO of Clarium Capital; principal at Thiel Capital and Peter Thiel's chief of staff1
- Education
- BA in political science, Princeton University (2008)1
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- Office of Science and Technology PolicyOrganization
director · since Mar 2025 source on Office of Science and Technology Policy
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