The Boring Company CEO

Steve Davis: SpaceX engineer turned Boring Company CEO

He joined SpaceX in 2003 and has led the tunneling company since 2018.

Steve Davis joined SpaceX in 2003 as its 14th hire. Elon Musk recruited him from Stanford's graduate aeronautics program.

At SpaceX he worked on guidance, navigation and control for the Falcon 1 rocket. He was lead systems engineer for the Dragon capsule. In 2008 he became Director of Advanced Projects and moved to Washington, D.C., closer to NASA.

His degrees span engineering, physics and economics. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, Durham, Stanford and George Mason, where he completed a PhD in economics in 2010.

In 2018 Musk appointed him to lead The Boring Company. By November 2019 he was president, and he is listed as CEO and president. He is married to Nicole Hollander and they have a child.

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What does Steve Davis do at The Boring Company?

Steve Davis is CEO and president of The Boring Company. Elon Musk appointed him to lead it in 2018. He is not one of the company's original founders.

What did Steve Davis study?

He earned a mechanical engineering degree and a Wharton economics degree at the University of Pennsylvania (2001), an MSc in particle physics at Durham University (2002), an MS in aerospace engineering at Stanford (2003) and a PhD in economics at George Mason University (2010).

Who is Steve Davis's wife?

He is married to Nicole Hollander, who worked with him at Twitter and later at the General Services Administration. They have a child.

How old is Steve Davis?

He was born in 1979 or 1980, so he is 46 or 47 in 2026.