Doug Burgum: 5 Things to Know About Trump’s Pick for Interior Secretary

The moderate North Dakota governor is a self-made billionaire who worked as a chimney sweep to pay for college.

Then-presidential candidate Doug Burgum enters the debate area of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Sept. 27, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 14 nominated out-going North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to be secretary of the interior.

Burgum, 68, a wealthy former software executive, has been married to Kathryn Helgaas since 2016. He has two sons and a daughter from his 1991–2003 marriage to Karen Stoker. One of his hobbies is hunting, according to his Instagram page.