Steve Bannon was born November 27, 1953, in Norfolk, Virginia. As Britannica explains, Bannon went to a Richmond military school early on, eventually going on to serve in the U.S. Navy after graduation, then continued on as a chief of naval operations special assistant. Bannon got intensely involved with politics, worked for a few years at Goldman Sachs, then eventually establishing his own entertainment company, Bannon & Co. Bannon also had a filmmaking period during which he produced a number of movies, such as “In the Face of Evil: Reagan’s War in Word and Deed.”
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As BBC says, Bannon eventually helmed the right-wing media empire Breitbart in 2012 after its previous executive head passed away. The Breitbart news outlet is known for its far-right views, including conspiracy theories and neo-Nazism. Bannon turned White House adviser to then-President Donald Trump for a short period during Trump’s time in office.
