[1][5][6] Eberhart got his start as an entrepreneur when he left his job at a Houston-based international oilfield service company and purchased Frontier Wellhead & Supply Co. in January 2009.

[16] In July 2014, Eberhart acquired Contractor Sales and Services, an industrial construction equipment rental company based in Des Moines, Iowa.

[1] Eberhart's oil and gas expertise and manufacturing experience has landed him a spot on several U.S. trade missions, including visits to Mozambique, Ghana, and Nigeria.

[21] Eberhart's commentaries on energy dominance and the economy have appeared in The New York Times, The Hill,[22] The Economist, Washington Examiner, and other major publications.

[23][24] Eberhart is author of The Switch, a 2015 exploration of the potential economic and geopolitical benefits to the United States of achieving a greater energy self-sufficiency due to hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

[26] He co-authored an op-ed column with Tom Ridge, former Governor of Pennsylvania and First U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, on the geopolitical value of expanding U.S. crude exports as a foreign policy tool.

"[31] He later called Trump "divisive" and urged for a "unifier in chief," though has been highly critical of President Joe Biden and others in his cabinet, such as Pete Buttigieg.