Chris Wright

Chris Wright U.S. Department of Energy, Public domain

United States Secretary of Energy (born 1965)

Christopher Allen Wright is an American businessman and government official serving as the 17th United States secretary of energy since February 2025. Before leading the U.S. Department of Energy, Wright served as the CEO of Liberty Energy, North America's second largest hydraulic fracturing company, and served on the boards of Oklo Inc., a nuclear technology company, and EMX Royalty Corp., a Canadian mineral rights and mining rights royalty payment company.

Also known as...Christopher A. Wright, Chris A. Wright, Christopher Wright, and Christopher Allen Wright
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