Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos will attend Trump inauguration

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will attend President-elect Donald Trump‘s inauguration, NBC Information reported Tuesday. They’re going to be joined by Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

They are going to be seated on the platform close to Cupboard officers and elected leaders, in accordance with an individual aware of the planning of the inauguration who spoke to NBC Information.

The distinguished attendance of a number of tech luminaries and billionaires at Trump’s inauguration indicators how rapidly the know-how trade management has warmed as much as Trump as he takes his second time period as president.

Throughout Trump’s first time period, Bezos commonly clashed with the president over his possession of The Washington Publish, Amazon’s relationship with the U.S. Postal Service and the way a lot tax the tech firm paid. Zuckerberg additionally traded barbs with Trump, significantly over immigration and misinformation.

However as Trump takes workplace for a second time, the know-how trade has contributed to his inaugural fund and a number of other CEOs have praised Trump and provided effectively needs for his administration.

Musk has joined Trump’s administration in a job overseeing a forthcoming advisory board dubbed the Division of Authorities Effectivity that’s seeking to discover authorities waste and reduce it. He is additionally hung out with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Amazon and Meta have contributed $1 million every to Trump’s inaugural fund. Google additionally contributed $1 million, CNBC reported final week. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman contributed $1 million, and so has Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner, in accordance with a Axios report that the tech firm has not commented on.

Reps for Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos did not instantly remark to NBC Information. A consultant for Apple declined to remark.