Elon Musk
DOGE Senior Advisor
Cabinet
Score
77/100 · High Risk
Net worth
$300B+
Tenure
DOGE Senior Advisor 2025-present
About
Elon Musk is the world's wealthiest person, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and owner of X (formerly Twitter), which he acquired in 2022. He became a prominent Trump supporter in 2024, donating over $250 million to Trump-aligned political efforts. He served as a Senior Advisor to the President and led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a non-statutory advisory body tasked with identifying federal spending cuts. He departed the government in May 2025 when his special government employee contract expired. Shortly after departing, he and Trump engaged in a public dispute over the fiscal projections of the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Donations & financial influence
| Category | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Total raised (career) | N/A (appointed) | |
| Corporate total | N/A | |
| AIPAC / pro-Israel | N/A | |
| Oil & gas / fossil | N/A | |
| Pharma / healthcare | N/A | |
| Defense | N/A | |
| Wall Street / finance | N/A | |
| Big Tech | N/A |
Controversies & conflicts of interest
- Unconfirmed government role with access to sensitive federal systems
- SpaceX has $15B+ in federal contracts, direct conflict as he cuts competitor-oversight agencies
- SEC charged him with failing to disclose Twitter stock purchase timely, settled
- DOGE team gave Treasury access to 23-year-old with prior hacking history
- Donated $250M to Trump then received DOGE role immediately after
- Nazi salute gesture at Trump inaugural rally, widely condemned
- Acquired Twitter for $44B; value collapsed to ~$9B