U.S. Department of Energy · SecretaryIn office

Runs federal energy programs, nuclear security work, and national-lab research.

Chris Wright was appointed, not elected. This file tracks his money next to the markets he controls.

Energy researchNational labsNuclear securityPower markets

Official portrait of Chris Wright — Chris Wright

Nominated

Nov 16, 2024

by President Trump

Sworn in

Feb 3, 2025

17th Secretary of Energy

Term

Serves at the President's pleasure

File A - The money · pendingHis federal financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) is not on our books yet. We publish it the day it clears our checks - never before.

File B - The power

What he controls

Energy funds national labs, manages nuclear-security work, and steers federal research on power, oil, gas, nuclear, and new energy technology. Its grants and rules can shape which energy projects move first.

File C - Before this office

Career

Liberty Energy founder and CEO · Pinnacle Technologies founder · Stroud Energy chairman