Politics & Government
New Canaan Teen On Elon Musk’s DOGE Team: Reports
Edward Coristine graduated in 2024 from a college prep school in Rye, New York, according to media reports.
NEW CANAAN, CT – A 19-year-old New Canaan native is serving on Elon Musk’s DOGE Team, according to the Stamford Advocate.
DOGE is an acronym for the new Department of Government Efficiency created under President Trump. According to the White House, DOGE has been tasked with “modernizing federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.”
DOGE has faced criticism, with questions raised about its staffing cuts and controversy over its access to private information at government agencies.
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MyRye.com identifies the teen as Edward Coristine. He graduated from the Rye Country Day School in New York in 2024, according to MyRye.com.
According to the outlet, his LinkedIn profile has been deleted, but it had listed experience such as working as a camp counselor in New Canaan, as an assistant bike mechanic and at his father’s food company, LesserEvil.
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WIRED reported that it obtained a copy of Coristine’s resume, and it lists that he spent three months at Neuralink, one of Musk’s companies, last summer.
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