Trevor Traina

Trevor D. Traina (born 1968) is an American entrepreneur and the current United States Ambassador to Austria.

Trevor Traina
United States Ambassador to Austria
Assumed office
May 24, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byAlexa L. Wesner
Personal details
Born1968 (age 51–52)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Spouse(s)Alexis Swanson
RelationsWiley Buchanan (grandfather)
ParentsDiane Buchanan Wilsey
John Traina
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
University of Oxford
Haas School of Business (MBA)
OccupationEntrepreneur

Early life

Traina was born in San Francisco, California in 1968. He is the son of Diane Buchanan Wilsey and the shipping magnate and art collector John Traina. His younger brother Todd is a film producer. His maternal grandfather, Wiley T. Buchanan Jr. was U.S. Ambassador to Austria from 1975–77.[1]

Trevor Traina graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in politics in 1990, having written a 112-page long senior thesis titled "The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: A Model for the Future?".[2] He later studied at the University of Oxford and at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business where he graduated as Master of Business Administration.[3]

Career

Traina started his career as brand manager at Seagram's. As an entrepreneur, he was involved in the creation of several innovative companies, including CompareNet, which was bought by Microsoft in 1999.[4] He founded DriverSide, SchemaLogic, and StepUp Commerce.

Traina was an honorary advisor to the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Haas School of Business, the Princeton University Art Museum and other institutions. He wrote columns for Huffington Post[5] and for Town and Country magazine. He is managing director of the leisure company IfOnly.com, which he founded and which markets unique experiences and luxury articles and, according to his own statements,[6] dedicates a portion of the proceeds to a charitable cause.

Ambassador to Austria

On January 23, 2018 Traina was nominated by President Donald Trump to become Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Austria.[7] The post had been vacant since January 2017. The U.S. Senate confirmed Traina's nomination on March 22, 2018.

Traina was sworn in on March 29, 2018 and arrived in Vienna on May 18, 2018 to present his credentials.[8] Traina subsequently presented his credentials on May 24, 2018.[9]

Personal life

Traina is married to Alexis Swanson Traina and has two children.[10] His hobby is collecting photographs, an exhibition of his collection in summer 2012 at the Fine Arts Museum was discussed in the media.[11][12]

References
  1. W.T. Buchanan was also US Ambassador to Luxembourg (1956) and under U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower US Protocol Chief.
  2. Traina, Trevor Dow. Princeton University. Department of Politics (ed.). "The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: A Model for the Future?". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ORF.at (January 22,2018): IT millionaire becomes new US ambassador; accessed July 6, 2018.(in German)
  4. "IfOnly – Extraordinary Experiences for Good". IfOnly. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  5. author profile of Trevor Traina at Huffington Post, retrieved on January 24, 2018.
  6. IfOnly.com Charity List; retrieved January 22, 2018.
  7. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Trevor Traina of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Austria". whitehouse.gov. January 22, 2018.
  8. "Ambassador-Designate Trevor D. Traina". U.S. Embassy in Austria. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  9. "Ambassador presented his credentials". U.S. Embassy in Austria. May 25, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  10. Wine: Alexis Swanson Traina and Target launch...; by Jessica Yadegaran, San Jose Mercury News, published on November 21, 2013
  11. cf. Kevin Moore: Real to Real: Photographs from the Traina Collection. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. ISBN 9780884011347. 2012
  12. New York Times (March 16,2013): Turmoil at Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, accessed on January 24, 2018
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Alexa L. Wesner		 United States Ambassador to Austria
2018–present		 Incumbent
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