President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony at the Capitol attracted an impressive who’s who of billionaires, marked by an increased presence of tech industry leaders, including the three richest men in the world who were even offered seats in front new cabinet members. Several of them gave generously to finance the event. These rich business leaders, who came to mingle with American political power, have accumulated fortunes amounting to $1,200 billion according to the magazine’s calculations. Forbes.
Sam Altman, PDG of OpenAI (ChatGPT)
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Vivek Ramaswamy, Entrepreneur and politician
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Tim Cook, PDG d’Apple
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Shou Zi Chew, PDG de TikTok
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Jeff Bezos raising his glass from his table at the protocol dinner, where Senator Marco Rubio and Barron Trump, son of the new president, were also seated.
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Mark Zuckerberg (left) sat alongside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the ceremonial dinner following the inauguration.
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OTHER PRESENTS
Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy – Javier Milei, President of Argentina – Han Zheng, Vice President of China
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Bernard Arnault, CEO of the world’s number one luxury brand LVMH (Louis Vuitton)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Future Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Rudy Giuliani, Ex-avocat de Trump
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Rupert Murdoch, Media owner including Fox News
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