Trevor Traina

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Trevor Dow Traina (born May 16, 1968 in San Francisco , California , USA ) is an American entrepreneur and ambassador of the United States to Austria .

Background and professional career

Traina is the son of Diane Buchanan Wilsey and the ship magnate and art collector John Traina (1931–2011). His younger brother Todd (* 1969) is a film producer. Marisa Traina Hahn (1926–2013), his father's sister, was the wife of the former Volkswagen boss Carl Hahn . His maternal grandfather, Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. , was Ambassador to Austria from 1975 to 1977.

Trevor Traina studied at Princeton Universities (Bachelor's degree) and Oxford (Political Science degree). He received an MBA from the Haas School of Business at Berkeley University in California . Traina began his career as a brand manager at Seagram .

As an entrepreneur, he was involved in the founding of several innovative companies, including CompareNet , which was bought by Microsoft in 1999 . He is also a curator of the Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco , the Haas School of Business, and the Princeton University Art Museum, and other institutions. He wrote columns for the online magazine Huffington Post and for the lifestyle magazine Town and Country .

He is currently the managing director of the trading company IfOnly.com , which he founded , which markets “unique experiences” and luxury items and, according to his own statements, dedicates part of the proceeds to a good cause.

Traina is married to Alexis Swanson Traina and has two children. His hobby is collecting photographs. An exhibition of his collection in summer 2012 at the Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco was controversial in the media.

Diplomatic career

Traina was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 23, 2018 for the office of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Austria . The post has been vacant since Democrat Alexa Wesner was dismissed immediately after Trump's inauguration in January 2017. The US Senate confirmed Traina's nomination on March 22, 2018. Trevor Traina officially began his work as US ambassador to Austria with the handover of his credentials to Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen on May 24, 2018, after he had already arrived in Vienna on May 18.

Web links

Commons : Trevor Traina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The big interview
  2. ↑ a b New York Times (March 16, 2013): Turmoil at Fine arts museum of San Francisco , accessed January 24, 2018
  3. ^ SF Gate (February 2, 2011): John Traina - SF collector, socialite - dies. , accessed January 25, 2018
  4. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle (June 16, 2013): Marisa Hahn Obituary , accessed January 25, 2018
  5. ↑ ORF.at (January 22, 2018): “IT millionaire becomes new US ambassador” , accessed on January 22, 2018
  6. ↑ a b Author profile of Trevor Traina at Huffington Post , accessed January 24, 2018
  7. ↑ Self-portrait at Ifonly.com - About Us - Trevor Traina .
  8. ↑ FASMSF Board of Trustees , accessed on January 25, 2018
  9. ↑ charity list of IfOnly.com , accessed on January 22, 2018
  10. ↑ San Jose Mercury News (November 21, 2013): Wine: Alexis Swanson Traina and Target launch… ; Retrieved January 25, 2018, in English
  11. ↑ cf. Kevin Moore : "Real to Real: Photographs from the Traina Collection." Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. ISBN 978-0-88401-134-7 . 2012.
  12. ^ White House press release, January 22, 2018
  13. ↑ US Senate confirms Trevor Traina as US ambassador in Vienna
  14. ↑ orf.at: US ambassador arrived in Vienna . Article dated May 18, 2018, accessed May 18, 2018.
predecessor Office successor
Alexa Wesner US ambassador to Austria
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personal data
SURNAME Traina, Trevor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Traina, Trevor Dow; Traina, Trevor D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and ambassador to Austria
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , USA