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Elon Musk walks through the Capitol on the day of a meeting with Senate Republican-elect John Thune (R-SD) in Washington, U.S., on December 5, 2024.
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tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Goal CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos will attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. NBC News reported on Tuesday.
They will be seated on the platform near Cabinet officials and elected leaders, according to a person familiar with inauguration planning who spoke to NBC News.
The high-profile attendance of several tech luminaries and billionaires at Trump’s inauguration indicates how quickly the tech industry’s leadership has warmed to Trump as he assumes his second term as president.
During Trump’s first term, Bezos regularly clashed with the president over his ownership of The Washington Post, Amazon’s relationship with the USPS and the amount of taxes the tech company paid. Zuckerberg also traded barbs with Trump, particularly over immigration and misinformation.
But as Trump takes office for the second time, the tech industry has contributed to its inaugural fund and several CEOs have praised Trump and offered well wishes for his administration.
Musk has joined the Trump administration in a role overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency, a new body seeking to find government waste and reduce it. He also spent time with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Amazon and Meta have They contributed $1 million each to Trump’s inaugural fund. Google also contributed $1 million, CNBC reported last week. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman contributed $1 million, as did Apple CEO Tim Cook, according to a Axios Report that the technology company has not commented.
Representatives for Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos did not immediately comment to NBC News.
