Clay Sell was born on April 28,1967 and is the CEO of X-energy, a US based, privately owned company that develops small modular nuclear reactors and advanced fuel technology for clean energy generation.
13 Facts About Clay Sell
From 2000 to 2001, Clay Sell was Chief of the Bush-Cheney Transition Energy Policy Team.
Additionally, Clay Sell worked directly for the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Ted Stevens, in his role as Majority Clerk and Staff Director for the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee from 2000 to 2003.
In 2003, Clay Sell transitioned to the White House to work as a Special Assistant to President Bush in Economic Policy, where he advised the President on domestic energy policy.
Clay Sell was integral in coordinating and implementing the administration's energy policies.
In 2004 Clay Sell worked again as a Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, with a focus on the United States Senate agenda for energy, natural resources and budget appropriations.
In March 2005, Sell was nominated as the United States Deputy Secretary at the Department of Energy for the George W Bush administration.
Clay Sell was responsible for the oversight of a 23-billion-dollar budget with over 100,000 employees.
Clay Sell completed his 14-year run in Government in 2008, and transitioned to the private sector to serve as the President of Hunt Energy Horizons, LLC, working to build the renewables energy portfolio for the company.
Finally, in 2019, Clay Sell returned to the nuclear industry and was appointed CEO of X-energy.
Clay Sell is one of four children, Julie Swindle, Rob Sell, and Tom Sell.
Clay Sell married Alisa Malechek, and they have three children, John, Robert, and Mary Margaret Sell.
Clay Sell holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law and a BBA in Accounting from Texas Tech University.