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”’Christopher Allen Wright”’ (born January 15, 1965)<ref name=chrishearing>{{Cite web |url=https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee/energy-secretary-nominee-chris-wright-testifies-at-confirmation-hearing/654446 |title=Energy Secretary Nominee Chris Wright Testifies at Confirmation Hearing |work=[[C-SPAN]] |date=January 15, 2025|access-date=February 5, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |date=August 9, 2023 |title=Report of proposed sale of securities |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1292100/000195824423001711/xsl144X01/primary_doc.xml |publisher=[[United States Securities and Exchange Commission|U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |access-date=November 16, 2024}}</ref> is an American government official, engineer, and businessman serving as the 17th [[United States Secretary of Energy|United States secretary of energy]] since February 2025.

”’Christopher Allen Wright”’ (born January 15, 1965)<ref name=chrishearing>{{Cite web |url=https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee/energy-secretary-nominee-chris-wright-testifies-at-confirmation-hearing/654446 |title=Energy Secretary Nominee Chris Wright Testifies at Confirmation Hearing |work=[[C-SPAN]] |date=January 15, 2025|access-date=February 5, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |date=August 9, 2023 |title=Report of proposed sale of securities |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1292100/000195824423001711/xsl144X01/primary_doc.xml |publisher=[[United States Securities and Exchange Commission|U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |access-date=November 16, 2024}}</ref> is an American government official, engineer, and businessman serving as the 17th [[United States Secretary of Energy|United States secretary of energy]] since February 2025.

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On November 16, 2024, President-elect [[Donald Trump]] announced Wright as his nominee for U.S. secretary of energy. Wright’s nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 3, 2025, with a 59–38 vote.{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2025 |title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Christopher Wright, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy ) |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00030.htm |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=senate.gov}} Wright was sworn in as the secretary of energy on February 3, 2025.{{Cite press release |title=Statement from Energy Secretary Chris Wright |date=February 3, 2025 |publisher=United States Department of Energy |url=https://www.energy.gov/articles/statement-energy-secretary-chris-wright |quote=U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright released the following statement after being sworn in earlier today as the 17th Secretary of Energy: |access-date=February 5, 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.<ref name=bloom>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/5777543 |title=Christopher A Wright “Chris” |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=November 16, 2024}}</ref>

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On November 16, 2024, President-elect [[Donald Trump]] announced Wright as his nominee for U.S. secretary of energy. Wright’s nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 3, 2025, with a 59–38 vote.{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2025 |title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Christopher Wright, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy ) |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00030.htm |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=senate.gov}} Wright was sworn in as the secretary of energy on February 3, 2025.{{Cite press release |title=Statement from Energy Secretary Chris Wright |date=February 3, 2025 |publisher=United States Department of Energy |url=https://www.energy.gov/articles/statement-energy-secretary-chris-wright |quote=U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright released the following statement after being sworn in earlier today as the 17th Secretary of Energy: |access-date=February 5, 2025}}

==Early and personal life==

==Early and personal life==

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=== Government service ===

=== Government service ===

[[File:Secretary of Energy Nominee Chris Wright Testifies at Confirmation Hearing – January 15, 2025.webm|thumb|Wright at his hearing to be secretary of energy, 2025]]

[[File:Secretary of Energy Nominee Chris Wright Testifies at Confirmation Hearing – January 15, 2025.webm|thumb|Wright at his hearing to be secretary of energy, 2025]]

On November 15, 2024, the ”[[Financial Times]]” reported that Wright was the most likely candidate for [[United States Secretary of Energy]] in [[Donald Trump]]’s [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|second presidency]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McCormick |first1=Myles |last2=Fedor |first2=Lauren |last3=Smyth |first3=Jamie |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Oil boss Chris Wright leads race to be Donald Trump’s energy secretary |url=https://www.ft.com/content/9da874eb-c8b0-4759-b6bd-37d77394408c |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref> Wright had previously contributed to President Trump’s joint fundraising committee in 2024.<ref name=”Whattoknow” /> Republican senator [[John Barrasso]] praised Wright as an “energy innovator.”<ref name=”coloradosun”>{{Cite news |last=Matthew Daly, Will Weissert and Colleen Long |date=November 17, 2024 |title=Trump names CEO of Denver-based oil and gas company as energy secretary |url=https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/17/chris-wright-trump-energy-secretary-denver/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117164635/https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/17/chris-wright-trump-energy-secretary-denver/ |archive-date=November 17, 2024 |access-date=November 18, 2024 |work=The Associated Press |language=en-US}}</ref> He received several endorsements from Trump allies including [[American Energy Alliance]] president Thomas Pyle and [[Continental Resources]] chairman [[Harold Hamm]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Natter |first=Ali |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Fracking Boss Picks Up Endorsements to Be Trump Energy Secretary |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-15/fracking-boss-picks-up-endorsements-to-be-trump-energy-secretary |access-date=November 16, 2024 |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref>

On November 15, 2024, the ”[[Financial Times]]” reported that Wright was the most likely candidate for [[United States Secretary of Energy]] in [[Donald Trump]]’s [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|second presidency]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McCormick |first1=Myles |last2=Fedor |first2=Lauren |last3=Smyth |first3=Jamie |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Oil boss Chris Wright leads race to be Donald Trump’s energy secretary |url=https://www.ft.com/content/9da874eb-c8b0-4759-b6bd-37d77394408c |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref> had to Trump’s joint fundraising committee in 2024.<ref name=”Whattoknow” /> Republican senator [[John Barrasso]] praised Wright as an “energy innovator.”<ref name=”coloradosun”>{{Cite news |last=Matthew Daly, Will Weissert and Colleen Long |date=November 17, 2024 |title=Trump names CEO of Denver-based oil and gas company as energy secretary |url=https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/17/chris-wright-trump-energy-secretary-denver/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117164635/https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/17/chris-wright-trump-energy-secretary-denver/ |archive-date=November 17, 2024 |access-date=November 18, 2024 |work=The Associated Press |language=en-US}}</ref> He received several endorsements from Trump allies including [[American Energy Alliance]] president Thomas Pyle and [[Continental Resources]] chairman [[Harold Hamm]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Natter |first=Ali |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Fracking Boss Picks Up Endorsements to Be Trump Energy Secretary |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-15/fracking-boss-picks-up-endorsements-to-be-trump-energy-secretary |access-date=November 16, 2024 |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref>

On November 16, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination of Wright to serve as U.S. secretary of energy as well as a member of the National Energy Council following confirmation by the [[United States Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2024 |title=Donald Trump said he would nominate Chris Wright, the chief executive of Liberty Energy, an oil field services company, as his secretary of energy. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/16/us/trump-live-updates/73430409-4283-5808-b7a3-d5b92dbcc2ca |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The [[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources]] voted 15–6 in favor of Wright’s nomination on January 23,<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 2025 |title= Senate committees approve Trump Cabinet nominations |url= https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-news-01-23-25/index.html |access-date=January 23, 2025 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> and the U.S. Senate confirmed Wright in a 59–38 vote<ref name=”CV” /> on February 3, 2025; he was sworn in later the same day.<ref name=”:0″ />

On November 16, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination of Wright to serve as U.S. secretary of energy as well as a member of the National Energy Council following confirmation by the [[United States Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2024 |title=Donald Trump said he would nominate Chris Wright, the chief executive of Liberty Energy, an oil field services company, as his secretary of energy. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/16/us/trump-live-updates/73430409-4283-5808-b7a3-d5b92dbcc2ca |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The [[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources]] voted 15–6 in favor of Wright’s nomination on January 23,<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 2025 |title= Senate committees approve Trump Cabinet nominations |url= https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-news-01-23-25/index.html |access-date=January 23, 2025 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> and the U.S. Senate confirmed Wright in a 59–38 vote<ref name=”CV” /> on February 3, 2025; he was sworn in later the same day.<ref name=”:0″ />

As secretary of energy, Wright has supported the rollback of measures to [[Climate change mitigation|combat climate change]] and overseen the crafting of a [[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]] (DOE) [[A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate|report]] [[Climate change denial|questioning mainstream climate science]].<ref name=”:2″>{{Cite news |date=July 31, 2025 |title=Energy Dept. Attacks Climate Science in Contentious Report |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/climate/trump-climate-skeptics-science-report.html |access-date=August 30, 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |title=Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws swift pushback |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/contrarian-climate-assessment-u-s-government-draws-swift-pushback |access-date=August 30, 2025 |website=www.science.org |language=en}}</ref> In an interview with [[Kimberley Strassel]], Wright said that “too little” [[Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Earth|atmospheric carbon dioxide]] is a “bigger risk” than [[Greenhouse gas emissions|rising CO2]] levels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WSJ Opinion: Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Resetting the Climate Debate |url=https://www.wsj.com/video/wsj-opinion-energy-secretary-chris-wright-on-resetting-the-climate-debate/C7635431-CDD9-41AF-83D9-E20C0AAE9B12?msockid=0d812a343a6d62452dd33c643b716375 |access-date=August 30, 2025 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref> He falsely claimed that climate change is not impacting [[Effects of climate change|extreme weather]] events.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Masters |first=Jeff |date=May 8, 2025 |title=How to deny climate change using the IPCC report » Yale Climate Connections |url=https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/05/how-to-deny-climate-change-using-the-ipcc-report/ |access-date=August 30, 2025 |website=Yale Climate Connections |language=en-US}}</ref> Wright’s statements and the DOE report have been widely condemned by the scientific community for misrepresentations and [[Cherry picking|cherry-picked]] data.<ref name=”:1″ /><ref name=”:3″>{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2025 |title=Takeaways from scientists on the Trump administration’s work on climate change and public health |url=https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-epa-trump-science-takeaways-023c3725de70dfa947cfee4f28ce24e3 |access-date=August 30, 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=”:4″>{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2025 |title=Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding |url=https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-epa-trump-science-endangerment-46e0519fac313ba635814b40ef638721 |access-date=August 30, 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

As U.S. Secretary of Energy, Wright has pursued increasing U.S. domestic energy production.<ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/conversation-us-secretary-energy-chris-wright</ref>

[[File:Jefferson Lab Visit with U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Wright, Newport News – ( August 21, 2025) 16.jpg|thumb|371x371px|Wright at a Jefferson Lab Visit with Virginia governor [[Glenn Youngkin]] in [[Newport News, Virginia]]]]

In September 2025, Wright argued that [[solar power]] cannot reasonably meet global energy demands and that covering the entire planet in solar panels would only provide 20% of demand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Wright’s Twitter Is Torching His Reputation – Heatmap News |url=https://heatmap.news/politics/chris-wright-twitter |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=heatmap.news |language=en}}</ref> The statement was characterised by ”New Scientist” as “wildly and embarrassingly wrong” as covering only 0.3% of land would be required to provide 100% of [[World energy supply and consumption|global energy demand]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Page |first1=Michael |title=Why solar power is the only viable power source in the long run |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495031-why-solar-power-is-the-only-viable-power-source-in-the-long-run/ |access-date=September 4, 2025 |work=New Scientist |date=September 3, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=September 4, 2025 |title=Elon Musk blasts US official for blatantly false claim: ‘Tragic’ |url=https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/secretary-energy-chris-wright-solar-power/ |access-date=September 8, 2025 |website=The Cool Down |language=en-US}}</ref>

In September 2025, Wright that [[solar power]] cannot meet global energy demands and that covering the entire planet in solar panels would only provide 20% of demand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Wright’s Twitter Is Torching His Reputation – Heatmap News |url=https://heatmap.news/politics/chris-wright-twitter |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=heatmap.news |language=en}}</ref> The statement was characterised by ”New Scientist” as “wildly and embarrassingly wrong” as covering only 0.3% of land would be required to provide 100% of [[World energy supply and consumption|global energy demand]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Page |first1=Michael |title=Why solar power is the only viable power source in the long run |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495031-why-solar-power-is-the-only-viable-power-source-in-the-long-run/ |access-date=September 4, 2025 |work=New Scientist |date=September 3, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=September 4, 2025 |title=Elon Musk blasts US official for blatantly false claim: ‘Tragic’ |url=https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/secretary-energy-chris-wright-solar-power/ |access-date=September 8, 2025 |website=The Cool Down |language=en-US}}</ref>

Wright has been critical of plans to achieve [[net-zero emissions]] globally by 2050, saying, “Net zero 2050 is just a colossal train wreck … It’s just a monstrous human impoverishment program and of course there is no way it is going to happen.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Meredith |first1=Sam |title=‘A colossal train wreck’: U.S. energy chief slams odds of net zero by 2050 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/09/us-energy-chief-chris-wright-says-net-zero-by-2050-is-unrealistic.html |work=CNBC |date=September 9, 2025}}</ref> He argued that the increase in [[List of countries by natural gas production|natural gas production]] was the “largest driver of decarbonization” in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=US energy secretary downplays climate risks as Washington seeks EU gas deals |url=https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/us-energy-secretary-downplays-climate-risks-washington-seeks-eu-gas-deals-2025-09-11/ |work=Reuters |date=September 12, 2025}}</ref>

Wright has been critical of plans to achieve [[net-zero emissions]] globally by 2050, saying, “Net zero 2050 is just a colossal train wreck … It’s just a monstrous human impoverishment program and of course there is no way it is going to happen.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Meredith |first1=Sam |title=‘A colossal train wreck’: U.S. energy chief slams odds of net zero by 2050 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/09/us-energy-chief-chris-wright-says-net-zero-by-2050-is-unrealistic.html |work=CNBC |date=September 9, 2025}}</ref> He argued that the increase in [[List of countries by natural gas production|natural gas production]] was the “largest driver of decarbonization” in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=US energy secretary downplays climate risks as Washington seeks EU gas deals |url=https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/us-energy-secretary-downplays-climate-risks-washington-seeks-eu-gas-deals-2025-09-11/ |work=Reuters |date=September 12, 2025}}</ref>

American energy executive (born 1965)

Christopher Allen Wright (born January 15, 1965)[1][2] is an American government official, engineer, and businessman 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.[3]

On November 16, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced Wright as his nominee for U.S. secretary of energy. Wright’s nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 3, 2025, with a 59–38 vote.[4] Wright was sworn in as the secretary of energy on February 3, 2025.[5] In the role, he has overseen several actions by the Trump administration to undermine the United States response to climate change, actions that have been widely criticized.[6][7][8][9]

Early and personal life

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Chris Wright was born on January 15, 1965 and grew up in Colorado. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[10] He was a graduate student in electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and at MIT.[11] Wright and his wife, Liz, live in Englewood, Colorado.[12]

Wright speaking with attendees at the American Conservation Coalition, 2023

In 1992, Wright founded Pinnacle Technologies, a company involved in commercial shale gas production through fracking and served as its CEO until 2006. He was also chairman of Stroud Energy,[13] another company involved in the production of shale gas, before he sold the company in 2006.[12] In 2011, he founded Liberty Energy, then known as Liberty Oilfield Services.[14] As of February 2023, the company was valued at $2.8 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.[15] As the CEO of Liberty Energy, Wright earned $5.6 million in 2023.[10]

In 2019 Wright drank fracking fluid to demonstrate that it was not dangerous,[16][17] and Liberty Energy promoted its “greener selections” for chemical additives.[18] In a video posted to LinkedIn in January 2023, he said, “There is no climate crisis and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either”.[19] He claimed that the climate movement around the world was “collapsing under its own weight”.[11] He also said that the term “carbon pollution” is misleading.[20]

Wright served on the board of directors for the Denver Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City from January 2020 to April 2024.[21][22][23]

In April 2024, Wright testified on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission‘s climate change rule from March 2024, which requires the disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions, physical risks to climate change and transition risks.[24] He called the rule unlawful “climate regulation promulgated under the Commission’s seal”, said that companies’ risks associated with extreme weather were decreasing,[24]: 9  and that millions of lives had been saved by reducing cold-related deaths.[24]: 10 

Wright has been on the board of directors of Oklo Inc., a company that designs small fast-neutron reactors, and EMX Royalty Corp., a Canadian royalty payment company for mineral rights and mining rights.[3]

Wright at his hearing to be secretary of energy, 2025

On November 15, 2024, the Financial Times reported that Wright was the most likely candidate for United States Secretary of Energy in Donald Trump‘s second presidency.[25] He had donated $228,390 to Trump’s joint fundraising committee in 2024.[10] Republican senator John Barrasso praised Wright as an “energy innovator.”[26] He received several endorsements from Trump allies including American Energy Alliance president Thomas Pyle and Continental Resources chairman Harold Hamm.[27]

On November 16, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination of Wright to serve as U.S. secretary of energy as well as a member of the National Energy Council following confirmation by the Senate.[28] The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted 15–6 in favor of Wright’s nomination on January 23,[29] and the U.S. Senate confirmed Wright in a 59–38 vote[4] on February 3, 2025; he was sworn in later the same day.[5]

As secretary of energy, Wright has supported the rollback of measures to combat climate change and overseen the crafting of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) report questioning mainstream climate science.[6][7] In an interview with Kimberley Strassel, Wright said that “too little” atmospheric carbon dioxide is a “bigger risk” than rising CO2 levels.[30] He falsely claimed that climate change is not impacting extreme weather events.[31] Wright’s statements and the DOE report have been widely condemned by the scientific community for misrepresentations and cherry-picked data.[7][8][9]

Wright at a Jefferson Lab Visit with Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin in Newport News, Virginia

In September 2025, Wright wrote on social media platform X that solar power cannot meet global energy demands and that covering the entire planet in solar panels would only provide 20% of demand.[32] The statement was characterised by New Scientist as “wildly and embarrassingly wrong” as covering only 0.3% of land would be required to provide 100% of global energy demand.[33][34]

Wright has been critical of plans to achieve net-zero emissions globally by 2050, saying, “Net zero 2050 is just a colossal train wreck … It’s just a monstrous human impoverishment program and of course there is no way it is going to happen.”[35] He argued that the increase in natural gas production was the “largest driver of decarbonization” in the United States.[36]

Wright criticized the European Green Deal and advocated for oil and gas exports from the United States to the EU.[37] He also criticized net-zero transition in the United Kingdom.[38] On September 12, 2025, Wright urged EU member states to stop buying Russian gas and not finance Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying: “The more we can strangle Russia’s ability to fund this murderous war, the better for all of us.”[39]

In October 2025, Wright directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to a “file joint, co-located load and generation interconnection requests”,[40] and appealed to the White House to accelerate reviews required to connect AI to power grids.[41]

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  9. ^ a b “Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding”. AP News. August 26, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
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  13. ^ “Stroud Exploration Company, LLC”. Stroud Exploration Company, LLC. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
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  21. ^ “Denver Branch Alumni”. www.kansascityfed.org. December 5, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
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  23. ^ “Chris Wright – Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City”. April 29, 2024. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  24. ^ a b c “WRITTEN STATEMENT OF CHRIS WRIGHT, FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN & CEO LIBERTY ENERGY I NC “ (PDF). House Committee on Financial Services. April 10, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2024. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
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  26. ^ Matthew Daly, Will Weissert and Colleen Long (November 17, 2024). “Trump names CEO of Denver-based oil and gas company as energy secretary”. The Associated Press. Archived from the original on November 17, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  27. ^ Natter, Ali (November 15, 2024). “Fracking Boss Picks Up Endorsements to Be Trump Energy Secretary”. Bloomberg News. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  28. ^ “Donald Trump said he would nominate Chris Wright, the chief executive of Liberty Energy, an oil field services company, as his secretary of energy”. The New York Times. November 16, 2024.
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