Jake Paul, Zuckerberg and Musk: who is at Trump’s inauguration?

In addition to the former presidents, family members and American officials one would expect to see at Donald Trump’s inauguration, there have also been a number of familiar faces for less traditional reasons.

We’ve seen OpenAI CEO Sam Altman taking selfies with influencer brothers Logan and Jake Paul, and controversial Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor chatting with British politician Nigel Farage.

Tech billionaires including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and FIFA president Gianni Infantino will also attend.

We’ll continue to spot notable and unusual names in the crowd as the day progresses.

Trump’s close and controversial friendship with X owner Elon Musk is well known, but Musk isn’t the only tech boss at Monday’s inauguration.

Mark Zuckerberg, who earlier this month announced that Meta would get rid of fact-checkers and “dramatically reduce the amount of censorship” on its platforms, will also be present.

Another tech billionaire present is Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, who was photographed posing for a group selfie with boxer and influencer Jake Paul, and Paul’s brother, fighter and influencer Logan.

McGregor was also pictured alongside Reform UK political party leader Nigel Farage at a Trump rally on Sunday night.

Rupert Murdoch, chairman emeritus of News Corporation, which owns Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, the Sun and the Times, will attend with his fifth wife, Elena Zhukova.

Murdoch, 93, married the retired Russian biologist last year in a ceremony at his California vineyard.

As is customary at presidential inaugurations, a large number of former US presidents attend.

Much has been made in the media about Michelle Obama, who attended Trump’s first inauguration in 2017 and did not accompany her husband Barack to Monday’s event.

Joining Obama, who was in power before Trump’s last term began, are former presidents such as Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

Another familiar face is former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

When Johnson came to power in 2019, Trump described him as “a good man” and added: “They call him Britain’s Trump.”