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Michael Whitakerserved in a prior administration and is not part of the current executive branch. These disclosure records are retained for reference and are excluded from Open Cabinet’s current-roster totals.
MWMichael Whitaker
Former officialDeparted Jan 20, 2025Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration · Department of Transportation
Whitaker reported 15 sales totaling an estimated $480K across 6 periodic transaction reports covering 2023-2024 transactions, all divestitures consistent with his ethics agreement as FAA Administrator. Holdings included major tech (GOOGL, MSFT, AAPL, AVGO, AMZN), financials (JPM, PNC, TFC), and a drone company (ANRA Technologies) relevant to FAA oversight. Biden-era appointee.
15trades
15sales
0purchases
Nov 7, 2023 – Dec 18, 2024
Last filing: Feb 19, 2025|Transactions: Nov 7, 2023 – Dec 18, 2024
Every transaction on file is a sale. This is the pattern you would expect from an official liquidating positions to comply with an ethics agreement, but Open Cabinet does not yet ingest the entry-disclosure baseline (Nominee 278) needed to confirm which holdings have been fully divested.
Transaction timeline
One dot per disclosed trade, sized by amount. Red = sale, green = purchase.
Sale
Purchase
Late filing
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Circle size = transaction amount
Filter15 trades
| Date | Description | Type | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2024 | AT&T Inc (T) | Sale | $1K-$15K | |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) | Sale | $15K-$50K | |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Apple, Inc. (AAPL) | Sale | $15K-$50K |
Source documents on file with OGE
Reviewed financial disclosure documents the Office of Government Ethics has published or recorded for Michael Whitaker. Open Cabinet summarizes listed documents observationally and links to the source PDF where one is publicly available. We do not issue compliance verdicts — that is OGE’s role, not ours.
Document timeline
Nominee 278Ethics AgreementCompliance Cert278-TCert. of Divestiturefaded = Form 201 only
2 documents listed2 publicly downloadable
Source filings
Original PDFs from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. These are the documents Open Cabinet parses.
Source: U.S. Office of Government Ethics, 278-T Periodic Transaction Report. Asset values and transaction amounts are reported in ranges as required by federal law. View original filings