<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Getty; Rebecca Zisser/BI</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Trump's transition team is turning to Wall Street titans for advice on key economic appointments.</li><li>Howard Lutnick, transition team co-chair and bank CEO, is turning to friends for advice.</li></ul><p>Following his <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-election-victory-impact-investments-costs-housing-taxes-childcare-2024-11">Election Day triumph</a>, president-elect Donald Trump needs to <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-will-be-in-trump-cabinet-billionaires-buiness-leaders-2024-5">staff his next administration</a>. Wall Street is eager to have its opinion heard.</p><p>The stock market surged following Trump's victory, with US stocks having their fifth-best ever single day showing. In sum, they added $1.62 trillion of value as <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-react-donald-trump-winning-election-silicon-valley-2024-11">investors bet on an era</a> of tax cuts and deregulation.</p><p>Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariffs-higher-inflation-fed-interest-rates-taxes-mortgage-rates-2024-11">Trump's transition team</a> and CEO of New York-based investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald, is turning to those who are thrilled for advice on who might fill key positions.</p><p>Dubbed the "headhunter in chief" by the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/wall-street-trump-finance-executives-jockey-for-influence-on-next-administration-c8177c98?st=LLJPDT&reflink=article_whatsapp_share">Wall Street Journal</a>, Lutnick is reportedly spending much of his day comparing potential appointees and dealing with his typical banking duties in the wee hours.</p><p>Trump's transition team did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment.</p><p>Here are some of the key players with Wall Street connections now offering advice to the Trump administration:</p>