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title: "Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration"
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# Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration

> WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Tech CEOs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, according to a source familiar with planning for the event.

By Reuters · Published 14 January 2025, 23:20 SAST · Updated 14 January 2025, 23:20 SAST

## Key points
- In a plot twist worthy of a corporate thriller, the titans of tech—Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg—are not just tweeting from the sidelines but are set to cozy up to Trump at his swearing-in, having generously greased the wheels with a cool million each for the occasion.
- Tesla, Amazon, and Meta CEOs to attend Trump's swearing-in, seated with Cabinet nominees.
- Attendance confirmed by NBC News; company representatives have not commented.
- Bezos and Zuckerberg's firms each donated $1 million to the inauguration.
- Musk contributed over $250 million to support Trump's election campaign.

## Content

By Jarrett Renshaw

The chief executives of Tesla, Amazon and Meta will be featured prominently at Trump's swearing in, sitting with the Republican's Cabinet nominees and other elected officials, according to NBC News, which first reported their attendance.

Representatives for the company executives did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Bezos' Amazon AMZN.O and Zuckerberg's Meta META.O are [among the companies](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL4N3NH19P&linkedFromStory=true) that have donated to Trump's inauguration, each giving $1 million. Musk, the head of Tesla TSLA.O, SpaceX and X, spent [more than a quarter of a billion dollars](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL2N3N70IY&linkedFromStory=true) to help elect Trump in November.

(Reporting by Katharine Jackson and Jarrett Renshaw; additional reporting by Akash Sriram, Greg Bensinger and Katie Paul; writing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Doina Chiacu)