The founder of Take America Back: Steven Eugene Kuhn
Steven Eugene Kuhn is a U.S. Army combat veteran, international business advisor, and author with more than three decades of experience building and advising organizations across multiple countries.
His work has consistently focused on one core objective: helping people and organizations take responsibility, build capability, and operate independently.
He served in the U.S. Army in combat and was awarded the Bronze Star. After military service, Steven spent over 20 years living and working internationally, advising business leaders, organizations, and public-sector decision-makers across Europe and the Middle East.
Over his career, Steven has:
- Lived and worked in 10 countries
- Built and restructured companies operating across borders
- Advised senior executives and government stakeholders
- Raised and deployed over $1 billion in capital for international ventures
Rather than concentrating authority, his work focuses on decentralizing it — designing systems that function without dependency on a single leader. His leadership framework, outlined in Unleash Your Humble Alpha, is built around Honesty, Integrity, and Transparency and is currently taught in leadership and business programs at multiple U.S. universities.
Steven has witnessed the consequences of war, state failure, and political decisions firsthand — in combat zones, in businesses, and in the lives of families forced to carry the cost. His wife is Ukrainian, and her family's experience of war and displacement reinforces what he already knows: policy decisions are never abstract. Ordinary people carry the weight in silence.
Take America Back grew from these experiences. After observing similar patterns across multiple countries — centralized power, declining accountability, and citizens disengaged from responsibility — Steven returned to the United States to help build a movement focused on citizen leadership.
His role is not to lead permanently, but to help others step forward — empowering citizens to take responsibility, build functional solutions locally, and reduce reliance on broken systems.
Steven is bound by the same standards, limits, and accountability as anyone who represents this movement. The goal is not to elevate individuals, but to restore leadership to citizens.
A note from the founder
I didn't start TAB because I wanted attention or influence. I stayed on the sidelines until silence was no longer neutral. I got tired of watching capable people argue, complain, and wait while nothing actually changed.
TAB exists because responsibility has been outsourced for too long.
I've spent most of my life in places where responsibility matters — in combat, business, and leadership. The approach was the same: you show up, do the work, and own the consequences.
This movement is not about me, and it is not about politics as usual. It's about stepping into responsibility and building what works, together, without needing permission.
The Citizen Servant Leaders doctrine is the guardrail. It ensures that no one, including me, gets to bypass accountability. Influence is earned, authority is constrained, and power is temporary.
If you are here looking for someone to follow, you will be disappointed. If you are here because you feel a responsibility to contribute, you are in the right place.
— Steven Eugene Kuhn