Amid the ongoing cabinet formation for Donald Trump's upcoming term, the President-elect on Saturday nominated Chris Wright, the CEO of Denver-based oil service company, Liberty Energy, as the Secretary of the US Department of Energy as well as the chief of the Energy Council. Wright is married to his wife Liz and they live in Colorado.
"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 post on Truth Social, his social media platform, on Saturday.
What We Know About Liz, Chris Wright's Wife?
Based on the available biographies of Chris Wright, Liz and Chris have been married for several years now. They have children as well as grandchildren. Other details of the fossil fuel executive’s family life are not in the public domain.
According to the website Climate Power, Chris Wright and his wife Liz donated $457,000 to the Trump JD Vance 2024 campaign. As per the report, overall, the 78-year-old’s campaign, with a slogan like “drill baby, drill” and a strong emphasis on fracking, received a whooping $10 million from the energy companies.