Secretary Chris Wright is an energy executive and policymaker who serves as the 17th United States Secretary of Energy, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 3, 2025. Secretary Chris Wright's Twitter Score is 24 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #40,231 (top 10%) among 484,166 tracked accounts.
Secretary Chris Wright works at the U.S. Department of Energy and serves as Vice Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council. Prior to his confirmation, he resigned as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Energy, which he founded, effective February 3, 2025. He also stepped down from the board of Oklo Inc. and ceased to be a director of EMX Royalty Corporation on the same date.
Secretary Chris Wright founded Pinnacle Technologies, whose innovations in hydraulic-fracture mapping helped launch commercial shale-gas production in the late 1990s. He also co-founded Stroud Energy, which was sold to Range Resources in 2006, and founded Liberty Resources and Liberty Midstream Solutions, both of which were sold in 2024. As Secretary of Energy, his department's focus on energy security and innovation carries indirect policy relevance for electricity-intensive cryptocurrency mining operations.
Secretary Chris Wright has posted 1,349 times on the platform and has 125,910 followers as of August 2026. Secretary Chris Wright has been mentioned by 106 accounts a total of 241 times.
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The accounts that follow Secretary Chris Wright include 80 founders, 21 angel investors, 26 influencers and 1 VCs. Among them are Marc Andreessen, Fred Ehrsam, David Sacks, Tyler Winklevoss, Mario Nawfal and Zerohedge.