Gebbia, a close friend of Musk, has praised DOGE’s work and defended it against criticisms on social media. Another billionaire is reportedly joining the Trump administration - and will help the world’s richest man slash government costs. Friday morning, Gebbia reportedly arrived at the Office of Personnel Management’s headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C., to begin his job assisting Musk. It is unclear what exact role Gebbia, 43, will have in the government or DOGE.
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He is the latest billionaire or entrepreneur with no government background to take a hands-on role in implementing sweeping change in the new Trump administration. It follows a trend of the president embracing notable wealthy people, especially in the tech industry, who he may have had contentious relationships with in the past. Besides Musk, Trump has also gotten closer to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and more.
Gebbia’s net worth is estimated to be around $8.5 billion. Besides co-founding Airbnb, he also sits on the board of Musk’s Tesla and began a startup called Samara, which provides additional tiny-homes to properties. Gebbia is politically active, having previously donated and supported Democratic candidates such as Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020 and 2023. However, like Musk he has become Republican.
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