Michael Kratsios

Extracted Attributes

• Education

  Princeton University

• Full Name

  Michael John Kotsakas Kratsios

• Occupation

  Business Executive, Government Official, Civil Servant

• Nationality

  American

• Date of Birth

  1986-11-07

• Place of Birth

  Columbia, United States

• Awards and Honors

  Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, Fortune Magazine '40 Under 40' (2019), Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum (2020), Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Excellence

• Key Initiatives Led

  American AI Initiative, National Quantum Initiative Act

• Current Role (Post-Trump Admin)

  Managing Director at Scale AI, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Timeline

• Born in Columbia, United States. (Source: summary, wikipedia, wikidata)

  1986-11-07

• Included in Fortune Magazine's '40 Under 40' list. (Source: web_search_results)

  2019

• Honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. (Source: web_search_results)

  2020

• Began serving as the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. (Source: summary, wikipedia)

  2020-07-10

• Announced a billion-dollar investment in research institutes to advance AI. (Source: web_search_results)

  2020-08

• Concluded service as Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. (Source: summary, wikipedia)

  2021-01-20

• President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Kratsios as the next Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President. (Source: wikipedia)

  2024-12-22

• Attended a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing for his nomination as Director of OSTP. (Source: web_search_results)

  2025-02-25

• Confirmed as the 13th Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President. (Source: wikipedia)

  2025-03-25

Michael Kratsios

Michael John Kotsakas Kratsios (born November 7, 1986) is an American business executive and government official, who has served as the 13th director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Science Advisor to the President since 2025. He served as the fourth Chief Technology Officer of the United States at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In this role, Kratsios served as President Donald Trump's top technology advisor. From July 10, 2020 to January 20, 2021, Kratsios was also the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. On December 22, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Kratsios as the next Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President. He was confirmed for the office on March 25, 2025.

Web Search Results

• Michael Kratsios - Wikipedia

  Michael John Kotsakas Kratsios (born November 7, 1986) is an American business executive and government official, who has served as the 13th director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Science Advisor to the President since 2025. [...] Kratsios led administration efforts on artificial intelligence and quantum information science. Kratsios is the architect of the American AI Initiative, the national strategy for promoting American leadership in AI. He also oversaw the implementation of the bipartisan National Quantum Initiative Act, including the establishment of a new National Quantum Coordination Office in the White House. In August 2020, Kratsios announced a billion dollar investment in research institutes to advance AI and [...] Kratsios was included in Fortune Magazine "Fortune (magazine)")’s “40 Under 40” list in 2019 and was honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2020. Kratsios is the recipient of the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest honorary award which can be conferred on a non-career Federal employee or private citizen. Kratsios was also awarded the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Excellence by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

• Michael Kratsios - Milken Institute

  Michael Kratsios is President Donald J. Trump’s chief science and technology policy advisor. As the thirteenth Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael oversees the development and execution of the Nation’s science and technology policy agenda. He leads the Trump administration's efforts to ensure American leadership in scientific discovery and technological innovation, including in critical and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum [...] computing, and biotechnology. In the first Trump administration, he served as the fourth Chief Technology Officer of the United States at the White House and as Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering at the Pentagon. Prior to the White House, Michael invested in, advised, and built technology companies in Silicon Valley. A South Carolina native, Michael graduated from Princeton University and served as a Visiting Scholar at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. [...] Home # ## Utility Nav ## Pillars Nav ## Breadcrumb # Michael Kratsios

• Michael Kratsios on artificial intelligence and tech in the U.S.

  Michael Kratsios — who may be the most important man you’ve never heard of — is at the tip of the spear when it comes to making sure America dominates AI and every other facet of tech and science. Kratsios runs the relatively unknown White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), which means he serves as Trump’s top technology advisor and is responsible for tech and science policy across federal agencies. [...] He is also tasked with ensuring the U.S. leads in science and tech and that it actually benefits the American worker. Michael Kratsios, nominee for Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaking at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on February 25, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. [...] Michael Kratsios, nominee for Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaking at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on February 25, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. U.S. President Donald Trump gesturing as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, departing for Alabama Michael Kratsios, Technology policy advisor of White House and CTO of the United States, speaking at the 2019 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal

• Bio - Michael Kratsios

  Michael is currently the Managing Director of Scale AI. He also serves as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. Michael was unanimously confirmed by the U.S Senate, is a recipient of the DoD’s Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest civilian award conferred by the Department, and was named to Fortune’s “40 Under 40”. Michael’s writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, WIRED, Bloomberg, Newsweek, and Fortune. [...] Biography Michael served as the fourth Chief Technology Officer of the United States at the White House. As President’s top technology advisor, Michael led the development and execution of the national technology policy agenda. [...] Michael previously served as Under Secretary of Defense. As the third highest ranking official at the Department of Defense, Michael managed the largest research and development budget for a single organization in the world, supervising all research, engineering, development, and prototyping at the Pentagon. He oversaw DARPA, the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Innovation Unit, the Space Development Agency, and the DoD Laboratory enterprise.

• Remarks by Director Kratsios at the Endless Frontiers Retreat

  Finally, after thirty years of subsidizing Chinese growth, it is time for us to stop helping a rival catch up with us in this race. Strict and simple export controls and know your customer rules, with an unapologetic America-first attitude about enforcing them, are central to stopping China from continuing to build itself up at our expense. We want peace between our countries, and that peace depends on keeping America’s bleeding-edge technology out of our competitor’s hands. [...] All of us must labor to preserve the inheritance of the American Century to share with posterity, and to ensure that the technologies that give shape to our world help the American people secure the blessings of liberty we received from our forebearers. I bear that responsibility in my role as the President’s Science and Technology Advisor. You bear it, too, in exercising whatever powers and responsibilities you have, whether in business, education, or the laboratory—as Americans. [...] Promoting America’s technological leadership requires three things of government. First, we have to make the _smart_ choices of creatively allocating our public research and development dollars. Second, we have to make the _right_ choices in constructing a common-sense, pro-innovation regulatory regime. And third, we have to make the _easy_ choice to adopt the incredible products and tools made by American builders and to enable their export abroad.

• Image

  

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Princeton University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  civil servant

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  11/7/1986

• Place Of Birth

  Columbia

Michael John Kotsakas Kratsios (born November 7, 1986) is an American business executive and government official. He served as the fourth Chief Technology Officer of the United States at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In this role, Kratsios served as President Donald Trump's top technology advisor. From July 10, 2020 to January 20, 2021, Kratsios was also the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.