Trump names oil and gas CEO Chris Wright to Head Department Of Energy

By Julianna Frieman | Daily Caller

President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Chris Wright, the CEO of Denver-based energy company Liberty Energy, to serve as Secretary of Energy in a statement issued Saturday.

Trump also revealed the formation of a Council of National Energy of which he said Wright will be a member.

“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 wrote in his statement shared on Truth Social.

READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY CALLER