Howard William Lutnick (/ ˈ l ʌ t n ɪ k /; born July 14, 1961 [1]) is an American businessman, who succeeded Bernard Gerald Cantor as the head of Cantor Fitzgerald.Lutnick is the chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Group.After losing 658 employees, including his brother, in the September 11 attacks, Lutnick also survived the subsequent collapse of the towers on the ground, and has ...