Administration
Chris Wright
Secretary of Energy
Chris Wright is the 17th Secretary of Energy, confirmed by the Senate and sworn in on February 3, 2025. He was previously chairman and chief executive of Liberty Energy and founded Pinnacle Technologies.
Background
Biography
Chris Wright grew up in Colorado. He completed an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at MIT and did graduate work in electrical engineering at UC Berkeley and MIT.
Wright founded Pinnacle Technologies and served as its chief executive from 1992 to 2006. He was chairman of Stroud Energy, a shale gas producer, before its sale to Range Resources in 2006. Most recently he served as chairman and chief executive of Liberty Energy.
President Trump nominated Wright to be Secretary of Energy on November 16, 2024. The Senate confirmed him on February 3, 2025, and he was sworn in the same day at Department of Energy headquarters.
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