Biography
Ambassador Story was a career diplomat who was the last US Ambassador to Venezuela serving from 2018-2023. His final role in the State Department was as Charge d'Affaires to Angola where he worked closely with both government and the US private sector to bring nearly six billion dollars of projects to the Lobito Corridor; a strategic corridor that connects the mining belt of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to the port of Lobito in Angola. Since his retirement in May 2025, Ambassador Story helped found Global Frontier Advisors, a geopolitical advisory firm focused on critical minerals, supply chains, and renewable energy with projects in Latin America and Africa. He is an on-air international affairs analyst for MS Now, has appeared on programs such as 60 Minutes and Fareed Zakaria GPS as well as publications that include the New York Times, Economist, and the Financial Times among others.