- Longtime Elon Musk loyalist Steve Davis is ready to help out at DOGE.
- Davis has worked at Musk’ companies for over 20 years, having first joined SpaceX in 2003.
- Since then, he has become a close advisor of the world’s richest man.
From SpaceX to Twitter, Steve Davis has been a vital point person for Elon Musk. His next act is to help the billionaire sort out the government.
Longtime Musk loyalist Davis has been enlisted to recruit staff for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Donald Trump has tasked Musk with overseeing the new department, the authority and jurisdiction of which is still unclear, alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, according to a new Bloomberg report.
Davis’s appearance in operational planning at DOGE, a project proposed to drive $2 trillion in cuts to federal spending, is not surprising. Davis and Musk’s working relationship stretches back more than two decades.
Davis first entered the Musk sphere in 2003, when he joined his rocket company, SpaceX, just one year after its founding. While working for the company in Washington, D.C., he decided to launch a dessert shop called Mr Yogato, a 2019 Bloomberg report said.
Davis’ ties with Musk have only deepened since then. The Stanford University-educated aerospace engineer helped Musk launch the Boring Company, a tunneling and construction business, in 2016. He was later appointed president and CEO.
He was also reported to have advised the billionaire in the early days of his Twitter takeover, where Musk initiated a sweeping layoff plan that reduced head count by almost 90% in first six months.
Bloomberg reported that Davis was so willing to help Musk during the takeover in October 2022, he slept at Twitter’s offices with his partner and newborn baby.
It is not yet clear how Davis will help steer Musk’s cost-cutting ambitions when Trump’s second term in the White House begins, though Bloomberg’s report offers some clues based on Davis’ activities at other Musk companies.
According to the report, Davis’ leadership responsibilities at The Boring Company involves “signing off on costs as low as a few hundred dollars.” The report also said he “drives hard bargains with suppliers.”
Meanwhile, during his stint at SpaceX, Davis was reported to have helped Musk find a $3,900 alternative to a part that cost $120,000.
