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Kelly Loeffler
RepublicanAdministrator of the Small Business Administration| Age | 55 (b. 1970-11-27) |
| Gender | Female |
| In office since | 2025-01-20 (~1 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | White |
| Religion | Roman Catholic (member of Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta) |
| Education | B.S. in Marketing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1992); MBA in international finance and marketing, DePaul University (1999) |
| Prior occupation | Financial services and technology executive; longtime executive at Intercontinental Exchange (SVP investor relations, chief communications officer, chief marketing officer); founding CEO of Bakkt (2018-2020); co-owner of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream (2010-2021) |
| Military service | No |
| Birthplace | Bloomington, Illinois |
| Marital status | Married — Jeffrey Sprecher |
| Residence | Tuxedo Park, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Notable relatives | Husband Jeffrey Sprecher, founder, chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent company of the New York Stock Exchange |
Pending research: languages · children · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | Appointed to U.S. Senate effective January 6, 2020 (never won elective office; lost the January 2021 special-election runoff) |
| Previous offices | U.S. Senator from Georgia (appointed; January 6, 2020 – January 20, 2021) |
| Committees | Administrator of the Small Business Administration (Cabinet-rank, not a congressional committee) |
| Leadership | Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (28th; since February 20, 2025) · Co-chair, Trump-Vance 2025 Presidential Inaugural Committee · Founder/chair, Greater Georgia (conservative voter-registration group, founded 2021) |
| Ideology | Voteview (DW-NOMINATE): more conservative than 80% of the 117th Senate and more conservative than 61% of Republicans |
| Signature legislation | Introduced legislation in 2020 to bar transgender women and girls from female sports competitions |
Financial
Net worth: disclosed $188,000,000–$796,000,000 (2024) · estimate
| Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) common stock | stock · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2024 |
| Columbia Dividend Income Fund | fund · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2024 |
| Davis Financial Fund | fund · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2024 |
| Polen Growth Fund | fund · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2024 |
| MFS Technology Fund | fund · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2024 |
| SeaLyon, LTD (marine/asset entity) | other · $25,000,000–$50,000,000 · 2024 |
| Airplane hangar, Fulton County, GA | real_estate · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2024 |
| BMCC IX (multifamily housing fund) | real_estate · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2024 |
| Sweetwater Opportunity Fund (real estate private equity) | private_equity · $1,000,000–$5,000,000 · 2024 |
| Solamere Fund II | private_equity · $1,000,000–$5,000,000 · 2024 |
| Solamere Fund III | private_equity · $1,000,000–$5,000,000 · 2024 |
| xAI (via Valor Equity Partners) | private_equity · $1,000,000–$5,000,000 · 2024 |
| PSQ Holdings, Inc. (PublicSquare) common and restricted stock | stock · $100,000–$250,000 · 2024 |
| Red Sky Holdings, LLC (technology holding company with subsidiaries DonateRight, FieldRight) | business_owned · $1,000,000–$5,000,000 · 2024 |
Top industries: Securities & investment · Private equity & investment firms · Real estate
Scandals & crimes ledger
No recorded incidents. Under the adjudicated-only methodology, an entry appears only when a court or official body has formally acted and the record is cited.