Steve Davis was Elon Musk’s chief cost-cutter at X and the Boring Company. DOGE might be his next big project
It was the fall of 2022 when staff at Elon Musk's The Boring Company started noticing Steve Davis was nowhere to be found. It was rarely hard to locate him since he was an extremely driven and seemingly indefatigable manager. For $44 billion, Davis made his way to San Francisco. There, he was seen walking back and forth on the 10th floor of the company's headquarters, constantly calling people on the phone to ask them about which parts of the organization he could eliminate, seemingly without regard for anyone who might be listening. Davis—Musk’s 22nd hire at SpaceX—has earned a reputation as a relentless cost cutter and as one of the select few Musk trusts to get things done. Those who have worked with Davis believe he'd be able to accomplish any task Musk assigns him—even if it seems overly ambitious and may jeopardize the jobs of others. He is planning to run for governor of Ohio. To cut approximately $2 trillion in government spending, or about 30% of ...