Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg to Attend Trump’s Inauguration
According to an official involved with the planning of the event, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg will have a prominent spot at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. The three tech titans will be seated together on the platform with other notable guests, including Trump’s Cabinet nominees and elected officials.
The trio has made attempts to earn favor with Trump in the past year. Musk donated over a quarter-billion dollars in campaign funds to help elect Trump, and has frequently been at Trump’s side since endorsing him for president in July. Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, reshuffled his lobbying staff and content moderation policies to align with the incoming Republican administration, and Meta gave $1 million to the Trump inaugural fund. Bezos, founder of Amazon and executive chair, decided not to endorse in the presidential race, and Amazon contributed $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund.
Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg are among the wealthiest people in the world, with fortunes based on the tech boom of the past two decades. They are frequent rivals in the tech industry, competing for influence on subjects such as artificial intelligence, space exploration, and media. Bezos is trying to compete with Musk’s dominance in rocket launches with his space company Blue Origin, though Blue Origin called off its inaugural launch attempt on Monday.