James Winnefeld, Jr. Biography and Net Worth

Admiral Winnefeld retired from the United States Navy in July 2015 after serving as the ninth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States’ number two ranking military officer, from August 2011 until July 2015. Prior to his retirement, Admiral Winnefeld had a 37-year career in the United States Navy, serving in various positions of increasing responsibility, including Commander, U.S. Northern Command, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet, and Commander, Allied Joint Command Lisbon. He is currently a Professor of International Affairs at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School at Harvard University. Since January 2017, Admiral Winnefeld has served on the board of directors of Raytheon Company (Raytheon), a NYSE-listed major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation (NYSE: RTN), and currently serves on Raytheon’s finance, compensation and special activities committees. Admiral Winnefeld has also served as a director of various private companies, including Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, a privately-held laundry equipment manufacturer, Cytec Defense Materials LLC, a privately-held composite materials distributor, for which he also serves as Chairman, and Enterprise Holdings, Inc., a privately-held vehicle rental, fleet management and automobile sales company. He is also an advisor to various companies, including BDT Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm, and a strategic advisor to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, among others. Admiral Winnefeld and his spouse Mary are also the co-founders of the non-profit organization, Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic. In addition, he is a member of the Georgia Institute of Technology Advisory Board and the Board of Advisors of the Georgia Institute of Technology Research Institute and a Trustee of the Naval Academy Foundation athletics and scholarship programs. Admiral Winnefeld holds a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the Naval War College and the Naval Nuclear Power School.