Washington DC's 500 Most Influential People of 2026

Directing the legal strategy for major financial institutions to challenge what he calls “regulatory overreach” of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Olmem utilizes his expertise working at the White House and in the Senate to help reshape the federal government’s oversight of consumer lending.

First job: His own lawn-mowing business.
Hidden talent: “Presidential trivia.” Surprising thing always with him: “A journal of books I’ve read.”