| John Phelan | |
| Office: | United States Secretary of the Navy |
| Status: | Presumptive nominee |
| President: | Donald Trump |
| Succeeding: | Carlos Del Toro--> |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Southern Methodist University (BA) Harvard Business School (MBA) |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Children: | 1 |
| Office: | United States Secretary of the Navy Presumptive nominee |
| Succeeding: | Carlos Del Toro |
| President: | Donald Trump (elect) |
| Term Start: | TBD |
John Phelan (born 1964), is an American businessman and art collector. In November 2024, president-elect Donald Trump announced Phelan as his nominee for United States Secretary of the Navy.[1]
He is the co-founding partner and chief investment officer of MSD Capital, a private investment company established in 1998 to manage the capital of Michael Dell.[2]
Phelan earned a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas in 1986,[3] and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1990.
Phelan is the co-founder and chairman of Rugger Management LLC, a private investment company based in Palm Beach, Florida.
In 2000, Phelan met his future wife Amy, then a management services and systems engineering consultant in Dallas, on a blind date.[4] They have a daughter, Makenzie Moon Phelan, who is a New York City-based artist and socialite.[5]
In August 2024, John and Amy Phelan hosted a private fundraising dinner for Trump at their $38 million home in Aspen, Colorado, with guests including Steve Wynn, Thomas Peterffy, Greg Abbott, Byron Donalds, Lauren Boebert and Cory Gardner.[6]