businessman, former diplomat, lobbyist, and national security and energy expert.
He has worked in the U.S.
Congress, has testified before congressional panels and has served in the Barack Obama administration under Secretaries of State Clinton and Kerry.
He was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in 2011 and as Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs.
In 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Hochstein to be the Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources but the Senate did not act on the nomination.
While at the State Department, Hochstein worked as a close advisor to Vice-President Joe Biden.
He served in the administration from 2011 to 2017.In March 2017, he joined Tellurian, a private Houston-based LNG company, where he serves as Senior Vice President Marketing.
He serves on the supervisory board of Naftogaz as well as the boards of the Atlantic Council and U.S.-India Business Council.
In October 2019 Hochstein was mentioned by former U.S.
officials in relation to the Trump–Ukraine scandal.
It was reported that as early as May 2019 Hochstein alerted the National Security Council staff that Rudy Giuliani and Gordon Sondland's pressure tactics were rattling Ukraine president Zelenskiy.It was also reported that Rick Perry planned to have Hochstein replaced as a member of the board at Naftogaz with someone aligned with Republican interests.