Emil Michael

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Emil George Michael (born 1972) is an American businessman who has served as the under secretary of defense for research and engineering since 2025. Michael graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in government in 1994 and from Stanford Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1998. He worked for Goldman Sachs and later helped establish Tellme Networks, an automated phone system company. In 2009, Michael became a special assistant to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates through the White House Fellows program. Michael served in the position for two years before departing. In 2012, he became the chief operating officer of Klout, an analytics firm. In September 2013, Michael was hired as Uber's senior vice president of business. He helped negotiate agreements and secure funding for the company. In that time, Michael served as the effective deputy to Uber's chief executive, Travis Kalanick. Michael became involved in a controversy over remarks about monitoring journalists in November...

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