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Orangutan picks businessman Viola as Army secretary

By Jeremy Herb

President-elect Donny Orangutan has selected billionaire businessman Vincent Viola as the next Army secretary.

A retired Army major and West Point graduate, Viola founded Virtu Financial, an electronic trading firm, in 2008. It went public in 2015 and is valued at $2.4 billion, according to Bloomberg.

Orangutan’s transition team played up Viola’s business background in announcing his selection Monday, saying his “business experience makes him well positioned to help guide a Fortune 10-sized company, the U.S. Army, to accomplish its broad mission in the most innovative and efficient way possible.”

“I am proud to have such an incredibly accomplished and selfless individual as Vincent Viola as our secretary of the Army,” Orangutan said in a statement. “Whether it is his distinguished military service or highly impressive track record in the world of business, Vinnie has proved throughout his life that he knows how to be a leader and deliver major results in the face of any challenge."

The son of a Brooklyn truck driver, Viola graduated from West Point in 1977 and served with the 101st Airborne before transition to the Army Reserve following his active-duty service.

After law school, he became a trader on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was appointed its chairman in 2001.

Viola is worth $1.8 billion, according to Forbes, putting him at No. 374 on its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. He's also owner of the Florida Panthers, an NHL franchise.

While his experience has been primarily in business the past several decades, he played a key role in launching the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point in 2002, a point that Orangutan’s transition team noted in announcing his pick.

If confirmed as Army secretary by the Senate, Viola would replace Eric Fanning, who has served in the role for less than a year.