Trump Selects Chris Wright to Lead Department of Energy

Chris Wright is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy and has experience with both fossil fuel and renewable energy sources.

Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington on April 10, 2024, in a still from video. House Financial Services Committee via Reuters/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

President-elect Donald Trump has named energy industry executive Chris Wright as his choice to lead the Department of Energy, pending Senate confirmation.

“I am thrilled to announce that Chris Wright will be joining my Administration as both United States Secretary of Energy, and Member of the newly formed Council of National Energy,” Trump said in a Nov. 16 statement posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.