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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk among tech CEOs at Trump inauguration – NBC New York

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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk among tech CEOs at Trump inauguration – NBC New York

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony contained in the Capitol Rotunda had a restricted capability of about 600 folks, making the seats contained in the nation’s Capitol probably the most sought-after seats in Washington.

The valuable spots are normally reserved for Supreme Court docket justices, army leaders, former presidents and their spouses, Cupboard nominees and visiting overseas leaders. Presidents additionally have a tendency to ask particular visitors.

This 12 months, the visitor listing included the a few of the nation’s strongest tech leaders, together with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google’s chief government Sundar Pichai and Tesla CEO and DOGE co-chair Elon Musk, all of whom are sitting collectively within the second row behind the First Household.


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Mark Zuckerberg, chief government officer of Meta Platforms Inc., from left, Jeff Bezos, founding father of Amazon.com Inc., Sundar Pichai, chief government officer of Alphabet Inc., and Elon Musk, chief government officer of Tesla Inc., through the sixtieth presidential inauguration within the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Photographer: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photograph/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, who on Friday thanked Trump for supporting the corporate’s efforts to stay obtainable to U.S. customers, additionally attended the occasion however was not sited subsequent to the opposite know-how leaders.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew attends the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KEVIN LAMARQUE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)


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TikTok CEO Shou Chew attends the inauguration ceremony earlier than Donald Trump is sworn in because the forty seventh US President within the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photograph by Kevin Lamarque / POOL / AFP) (Photograph by KEVIN LAMARQUE/POOL/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

China’s vp, Han Zheng, and Argentinian President Javier Millei, who was the primary overseas chief to fulfill with Trump following his election, was additionally seen in attendance contained in the Rotunda.

Han Zheng, China's vice president, left, during the 60th presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Donald Trump's Monday swearing-in marks just the second time in US history that a president lost the office and managed to return to power - a comeback cementing his place within the Republican Party as an enduring, transformational figure rather than a one-term aberration. Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images


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Han Zheng, China’s vp, left, through the sixtieth presidential inauguration within the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos

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