Donald Trump inauguration: From Meta to Google, here a list of tech leaders who attended the US President swearing in creremony

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been openly endorsing Donald Trump for rather immoderate clip now. The multi-billionaire has gotten adjacent to Trump successful the past fewer months and has straight donated astir $300 cardinal to his campaign. While Elon was expected to pb the recently created Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE for short) alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, the second has dropped his sanction to tally for governor.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

During Trump’s archetypal term, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had criticized the President-elect, but present it looks similar the narration betwixt the 2 has been softening a bit.

While Zuckerberg has typically shied distant from authorities and did not publically endorse anyone successful the 2020 and 2024 elections, the Meta CEO did donate $1 cardinal to Trump’s inauguration fund. Before dinner, helium besides reportedly showed the Meta Ray-Ban astute glasses and adjacent talented a brace to Trump. Zuckerberg is besides hosting a enactment connected Inauguration Day, according to a caller study by the New York Times.

Amazon president Jeff Bezos

Amazon president Jeff Bezos, who besides owns Blue Origin and the Washington Post newspaper. Bezos was spotted sitting alongside Musk and Zuckerberg, with the trio sitting successful beforehand of Trump’s defence caput prime – Pete Hegseth.

For those wondering, the inaugural level is usually reserved for the existent President, the Cice President, members of the Supreme Court and immoderate precocious ranking officials.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has had a rocky narration with Trump during his archetypal word erstwhile helium threatened to interruption up the tech elephantine oregon unopen it down.

However, it looks similar things might  rapidly alteration successful the coming months, arsenic Trump is expected to dial down the antitrust lawsuit against Google pursued nether erstwhile President Joe Biden. Like Meta, Google besides donated $1 cardinal to Trump’s fund.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was besides spotted astatine Trump’s inauguration. While helium wasn’t seen successful the beforehand enactment alongside Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg, the OpenAI caput has personally donated $1 cardinal to Trump’s inaugural money successful the anticipation that helium mightiness assistance the artificial quality startup successful the future.

Apple CEO Tim Cook

Since Trump’s archetypal term, Apple CEO Tim Cook has been connected affable presumption with the United States President. Like Sam Altman, Cook besides personally donated $1 cardinal to Trump’s inaugural money with Trump saying that Apple is readying a “massive investment” present that helium is erstwhile again successful the White House.

While Cook was seen seated seprately from Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, helium reportedly attended the ceremonial astatine the St Johns Church and was besides seen astatine the lucheon, wherever helium was spotted alongside Trump Jr. and Supreme Court Judge Samuel Alito.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew

In a motion of thanks, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew besides marked his attendance astatine Trump’s inaugural ceremony.

While the United States Supreme Court upheld the instrumentality which would prohibition TikTok successful the country, President Donald Trump has ordered the national authorities to springiness the Chinese video sharing level a mates of months to broker a deal.

Trump has said that helium would “extend the play of clip earlier the law’s prohibitions instrumentality effect, truthful that we tin marque a woody to support our nationalist security.”