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Ex-Google exec Arun Majumdar top pick to be Biden's energy secretary
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Business Standard | 12/11/2020 09:07 AM | Click to read full article
A former Google executive Arun Majumdar, who previously led an Energy Department unit that funded research into experimental power projects is among the front-runners to lead the agency under President-elect Joe Biden.
“He has to be the front-runner if Joe Biden is looking for a politically savvy technical expert to lead the agency,” said Jeff Navin, a co-founder at Boundary Stone Partners, a Washington-based government affairs and communications firm.