President Trump’s inaugural brings the world’s billionaire elites, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, en masse to DC

Apple CEO Tim Cook was among those attending President Trump’s second inaugural ceremony on January 20, 2025

The attendees at a U.S. presidential inauguration do not often resemble the annual gathering of the world’s richest in Davos, Switzerland, which kicked off on Monday, but the parallels were hard to ignore as Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. President with Apple CEO Tim Cook among those billionaires in attendance.

Congratulations to President @realDonaldTrump and Vice President @JDVance on Inauguration Day. We look forward to working with the administration to drive continued innovation and jobs for future growth across our great nation.

— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) January 20, 2025

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The globe’s wealthiest individuals attended Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday and the glamorous balls to celebrate with the new president afterwards.

Among those seated prominently were the three richest men in the world: Elon Musk, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with a combined net worth of nearly $900 billion, according to Forbes.

Following Trump’s November win over Vice President Kamala Harris, numerous CEOs quickly ingratiated themselves with Trump, particularly Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg sat next to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the exclusive inauguration luncheon on Monday, an event also attended by Bezos and Apple CEO Tim Cook, and the Meta CEO also hosted a pre-inaugural ball with other billionaire Republican donors on Monday… Numerous other members of the Forbes list were in Washington as well, including LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault and several family members, who rank fifth-richest worldwide; Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who chatted up Trump during the luncheon, and Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in India.

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MacDailyNews Take: Looks like a fun time was had by all!

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