Why DOGE’s Luke Farritor Followed Elon Musk to DC

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Americas+1 212 318 2000 EMEA+44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000 DOGE: Listen: Why DOGE’s Luke Farritor Followed Elon Musk to DC 00:00 57:58 Businessweek Photographer: Shawn Brackbill By Susan Berfield, Margi Murphy and Jason Leopold July 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT Share this article Listen to this article Before he was called a patriot and a traitor for following Elon Musk to Washington to join DOGE; before he was hired by the US government despite a résumé that would have been previously rejected; before he was granted extensive access to sensitive data and invited to brief the country’s vice president; before he met his Twitter heroes in Silicon Valley; before he became a Thiel Fellow, which required him to become a college dropout; before he was celebrated internationally for using AI to

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Americas+1 212 318 2000 EMEA+44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000 DOGE: Listen: Why DOGE’s Luke Farritor Followed Elon Musk to DC 00:00 57:58 Businessweek Photographer: Shawn Brackbill By Susan Berfield, Margi Murphy and Jason Leopold July 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT Share this article Listen to this article Before he was called a patriot and a traitor for following Elon Musk to Washington to join DOGE