DOGE Fate Hangs In Balance As Musk's Right-Hand Man Davis Also Quits A Day After His Exit

Last Updated:May 30, 2025, 14:24 IST

Steve Davis, Elon Musk's right-hand at DOGE, has quit following Musk's exit. Davis, also CEO of the Boring Co., leaves DOGE to lower-profile officials.

In the past, Davis has also worked at other Musk (in pic) enterprises, including SpaceX and Twitter, which Musk renamed as X.

Following billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s exit from United States administration, his de facto second-in-command at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Steve Davis, also followed his footsteps by quitting his job.

Like Musk, Davis was also serving as a special government employee (SGE) of Donald Trump-led administration.

Having a designation of an SGE, he was allowed to keep his job as CEO of one of the billionaire entrepreneur’s firms, the Boring Co., even as he dedicated his time for the DOGE effort, Bloomberg reported citing an anonymous source familiar with the matter.

Notably, the SGEs are limited to 130 days of work for the government in any year.

The Boring Co. is a tunnel construction and equipment firm. In the past, Davis has also worked at other Musk enterprises, including SpaceX and Twitter, which Musk renamed as X.

Davis’s exit leaves DOGE in the hands of lower-profile officials at the White House and federal agencies. Further, Anthony Armstrong, who assisted Musk in buying Twitter as a banker at Morgan Stanley, and Antonio Gracias, a Musk confidant and CEO of Valor Equity Partners, are also top Musk lieutenants at DOGE, the Bloomberg reported.

President Trump constituted the White House unit of experts from computer engineering and finance departments in January this year as the Tesla boss sought to find $2 trillion in savings. The effort was expected to last through July 4, 2026.

But after shuttering agencies and canceling contracts early in Trump’s second Presidential term, the effort to find savings sputtered after allegations of widespread fraud could never be proved.

Earlier on Wednesday, Musk said his time as a formal adviser to Trump is coming to a close. During US elections, his high-profile political work for the President had triggered worries among investors about the fallout for his companies, most prominently Tesla Inc.

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