Crocodile

Patient, ruthless, and utterly cold-blooded when opportunity strikes.

Howard Lutnick rebuilt Cantor Fitzgerald from the ashes of 9/11 — a catastrophe that killed 658 of his employees, including his brother — with a calculating, unsentimental ferocity that stunned observers, controversially cutting benefits to victims' families while fighting to save the firm. As a Wall Street dealmaker and later Commerce Secretary nominee under Trump, he operates with the crocodile's signature patience and strategic ruthlessness, lying in wait before striking with devastating precision. He projects little visible warmth or vulnerability, preferring total control and an emotionless focus on survival and winning at all costs.