Musk’s DOGE Hires Griffin Staffer for National Security Work (1)

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency recruited an assistant to billionaire Ken Griffin to help cut costs across the US national security establishment.

Adam Hoffman, 24, left Griffin’s Citadel hedge fund in recent weeks to join DOGE, according to people with knowledge of his hiring who asked not to be identified discussing confidential matters.

Hoffman, who did a short stint at the White House Council of Economic Advisers in 2020, graduated from Princeton University in 2023 and then joined Citadel, where he worked in the “Office of the CEO,” according to his LinkedIn profile.

Adam Hoffman

Source: Citadel

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