Nate Morris

Nathaniel Ryan Morris (born October 16, 1980) is an American businessman and politician. He is a member of the Republican Party. Raised in Louisville, he is a ninth-generation Kentuckian with family roots in Appalachia. After attending George Washington University, he later studied at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School. In 2008, he founded Rubicon Technologies, a waste management company, which later went public in 2022. He stepped down as CEO later that year but remained chairman, and separately founded Morris Industries, which he continues to lead. In June 2025, Morris announced his candidacy for the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Kentucky, seeking to succeed retiring incumbent Mitch McConnell, and received backing from Charlie Kirk and Elon Musk. In May 2026, President Donald Trump announced that he had asked Morris to take a role in his administration as an ambassador. He was formally nominated to be the next Ambassador to Colombia the following month.