--- title: "Elon Musk Rumored to Be Giving Twitter CEO Job to Guy in Charge of Digging Holes in the Ground" description: "Steve Davis, a SpaceX alum and the current CEO of The Boring Company, might be the first \"Goon\" in line for the CEO role at Elon Musk-owned Twitter." date: "2023-03-01" modified: "2023-03-01" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/rumor-twitter-ceo-boring-company" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "social media" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # Elon Musk Rumored to Be Giving Twitter CEO Job to Guy in Charge of Digging Holes in the Ground ![Steve Davis, a SpaceX alum and the current CEO of The Boring Company, might be the first "Goon" in line for the CEO role at Elon Musk-owned Twitter.]() *\Image: Justin Sullivan via Getty / Futurism\* ## Dig Dug As Elon Musk-owned Twitter suffers [yet another]() sudden round of job cuts, [*Platformer* reports that]() a new figure might just be emerging as the social media company's next CEO. The candidate in question? Steve Davis, whose background is not in social media, but is instead in... rocket-building, boring literal tunnels into the Earth, and — checks notes — flamethrowers. Also, [yogurt](). Cool. Davis is the current CEO of The Boring Company, a [more peculiar]() Musk-founded venture that promises to destroy "soul-destroying traffic" by drilling "3-D \[networks\] of tunnels" beneath cities. They also sell [flamethrowers]() and recently sold out of a "[unique, limited edition]()" [Burnt Hair perfume](), because all of that definitely makes sense. That said, though, maybe Davis — as opposed to someone with the platform experience presumably necessary to rebuild the struggling, thinned-out, [extremely smelly]() Twitter — is actually the best person for the job after all. Twitter's dug itself into a deep enough hole as it is, and Musk himself has [allegedly admitted]() that the company is a "flaming dumpster rolling down the street." Davis' resume, it seems, is perfectly aligned. ## Mr. Yogato As far as tech dudes go, Davis — [reportedly]() an avid Ayn Rand enthusiast — is a particularly interesting duck. A rocket scientist by training, he's had two very odd forays into food and beverage: a Bitcoin-accepting drinking establishment dubbed the "[wackiest bar in Washington]()" and a yogurt shop called "Mr. Yogato," which encouraged patrons to participate in Seinfeld trivia, do "[funny accents]()," and dress as Swedish tennis star Bjorn Borg to get free frozen treats. Before Musk brought him on as CEO of The Boring Company, he was SpaceX's Director of Advanced Projects. Fast-forwarding to more recent months, Davis has been widely noted as one of the nu-Twitter "[Goons]()" — in other words, the gaggle of sycophants that Musk immediately brought over to Twitter upon his purchase of the platform. Davis, his partner, and their *newborn baby* [reportedly slept]() at Twitter's San Francisco office for several weeks following the takeover, and per *Platformer*, the most recent round of job slashes was made after Davis personally called a number of managers and asked who their top performers were. In any case, best of luck to Davis, if Musk should indeed [step down](). And if there's no saving the ship, at least he's got the tools he needs to burn it down and bury it for good. **READ MORE:** [*In latest round of Twitter cuts, some see hints of its next CEO*]() \[*Platformer*\] **More on Elon Musk's Twitter:** [*Busted! Fame-obsessed Elon Musk Ordered Twitter to Make His Tweets Show up Everywhere*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. 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