# Zach Witkoff CEO of [[World Liberty Financial]] (WLFI) and son of [[Steve Witkoff]], Trump's Middle East envoy. The operational hinge point where Trump-family crypto meets the cabinet-level diplomatic portfolio. ## Role - **Co-founder and CEO** of [[World Liberty Financial]], launched 2024. - Retained CEO role after the January 2025 Trump-family control restructuring (60% to WLF Holdco LLC). - Principal point of contact for outside WLFI investors — including the UAE-linked firms reported by CNN in February 2026. ## Connection to the $TRUMP Memecoin Universe No direct operational role in $TRUMP. The relevance is through the sibling product (WLFI) and the family bridge to [[Steve Witkoff]]'s diplomatic portfolio. ## Why He Matters Zach Witkoff is the active surface where the Trump-family crypto architecture touches foreign investment flows. Every time WLFI raises from a sovereign-linked entity, the signature is effectively Zach's — while his father negotiates U.S. foreign policy with the same governments. The lack of divestment by his father after 10+ months in office turns the family relationship from a potential conflict into an acknowledged structural feature. ## The UAE Sale and the Iran War (2026) Zach co-built [[World Liberty Financial]] with [[Eric Trump]], directly fusing the Witkoff and Trump families' crypto interests. In **early 2026**, WLFI sold a **49% stake to the [[United Arab Emirates]] for $500 million** (see [[World Liberty Financial UAE Sale]]) — a transaction that landed during [[Iran War 2026]], the U.S.–Israel war on Iran, while his father [[Steve Witkoff]] served as the U.S. envoy negotiating with that same government. The deal is a node in the [[Trump Family Iran War Profiteering]] cluster. ## See Also - [[$TRUMP Memecoin Universe]] - [[World Liberty Financial]] - [[Steve Witkoff]] - [[Trump Crypto Ventures]]