CVR Energy, Inc. announced on January 26, 2022, the Board of Directors of Company appointed Michael H. Wright, Jr., 52, to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Wright joined the Company as Project Manager of certain of the Company's subsidiaries in July 2019 and was promoted to Vice President – Capital Projects in December 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wright served as Senior Consultant –Refining for Solomon Associates, an energy industry consulting firm from September 2018 to July 2019, and in several senior roles with HollyFrontier Corporation from 2005 to February 2018, a publicly traded independent petroleum refiner, including Vice President – Crude Supply from April 2015 to February 2018.

Mr. Wright obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration, both from the University of Utah.