Despite Boring Co.’s high profile, the company's leader, Steve Davis, has largely stayed out of the spotlight.
Before he became the director of one of the world’s most closely watched transportation companies, Steve Davis owned a bar. And not just any bar..” It sold Ring Pops, kept a Bedazzler on the premises and gave 10% off to anyone who dressed up as Carlton from the TV show “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Colleagues describe him as a sharp engineer who both provides broad leadership and tackles detailed engineering questions. “He’s a technical guy,” said Juan Reyes, former acting administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, now a partner at law firm Seyfarth Shaw. “They really count on him to resolve issues.”
He’s also performed feats of engineering. At one point, Musk assigned Davis the near-impossible task of making a part that cost $120,000 with a budget of $5,000. Davis toiled for months and eventually came up with a way to craft the part for $3,900, Vance wrote. When Davis sent Musk a lengthy message with the good news, outlining the process and savings, Musk sent a one-word email back: “Ok.
This burst of entrepreneurship unfolded as Davis, still at SpaceX, got to work on yet another degree: a doctorate in economics at George Mason University, where he wrote his 2010 dissertation on U.S. currency debasement. In the preface, he noted that he hoped to one day open a restaurant called Little Yohai, perhaps finding inspiration in Morrie Robert Yohai, inventor of the Cheez Doodle., which became one of the first restaurants in Washington to accept bitcoin.
At the event, Musk said he was contemplating selling Boring Co. bricks made from dug-up dirt for life-size Lego kits, or perhaps using them to create an Egyptian-style monument. Davis responded by telling Musk the company would build him a pyramid. While the two men talked, between them, a snail crawled around in a pineapple-shaped terrarium, meant to symbolize the slow pace of competitors’ tunneling equipment.
Yet in one way, Davis’ role as a government liaison is an odd fit. He has served as a member of the board of advisors of the Atlas Society, according to its website. The group is dedicated to exploring the philosophy of Ayn Rand, known for equating government bureaucrats with “looters and moochers.” According to one 2012 report on a lecture he gave at the Atlas Society,“Atlas Shrugged.” He also appears in the background of a 2012 movie based on the book.
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