Elon Musk
Net worth: $330 Billion (As of March 11 2025)
- Elon Musk is a billionaire entrepreneur and businessman who controlled the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), though the Trump administration denied that he led the Group. Musk also currently serves as the CEO of Tesla, CEO of SpaceX, Chairman of X.com (Twitter), and is the majority owner of Neuralink and the Boring Company.
- Musk has directed the actions of DOGE since its inception at the beginning of the Trump administration.
- Musk has had frequent issues with regulators throughout his career, fighting with the FAA, OSHA, NLRB, NHTSA, SEC and others. DOGE has gutted some of these agencies.
- In recent years, Musk has become increasingly enraptured by right-wing propaganda. He has been vocal about white birth rates, engaged in virulent transphobia (calling his daughter dead after she came out as trans), and boosted antisemites and neo-Nazis.
- Among other things, Musk is very into cryptocurrencies including “memecoins.” He named his agency after the meme and memecoin DOGE.
For more information, see the Revolving Door Project’s Oligarchs in Trump World tracker.
IMAGE: President Donald Trump participates in a press conference with departing DOGE adviser Elon Musk, Friday, May 30, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)