Steve Davis, who served as Elon Musk’s de facto second-in-command at the Department of Government Efficiency, is following the billionaire adviser out of President Donald Trump’s signature cost-cutting effort, a person familiar with the move said Thursday.
Like Musk, Davis was serving as a special government employee, a designation that allowed him to keep his job as CEO of one of the billionaire entrepreneur’s companies, the Boring Co., even as he worked on the DOGE effort. SGEs are limited to 130 days of work for the government in any year.
Davis’s move was detailed on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel moves not yet made public.
Trump created the White House unit of experts from computer engineering and finance in January as Musk 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 term, the effort to find savings sputtered after allegations of widespread fraud never materialized.
