Bahnsen Group founder and managing partner David Bahnsen reflects on tech leadership planning to attend President-elect Trump’s Inauguration and discusses Treasury nominee Scott Bessent’s defense of the future tariff strategy.
A growing list of high-powered leaders is heading to the nation’s capital for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. However, tech industry executives will make up the majority of the list, signaling the sector’s growing influence on the political and economic landscape.
Over the past two months, a number of business leaders — including some who have had a rocky history with Trump, who was temporarily banned from several social networks — have met with him at Mar-a-Lago. These meetings underscore their willingness to work with the incoming administration before he is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
Walmart confirmed to FOX Business that CEO Doug McMillon — who met with President-elect Trump last week to discuss U.S. investment, trade relations and innovation — will be in attendance.
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — who donated millions of dollars to Trump’s presidential campaign and is poised to lead the fledgling company Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)– will be present.
Musk posted on X that he was “honored” to sit alongside Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos will sit together *on the platform* along with cabinet and elected officials.
Musk has spoken at official events with the future president. For example, Musk delivered remarks at a Trump campaign rally in Washington, D.C. on Sunday and in October at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who will lead efforts to cut government spending alongside Musk. they will be present on Monday as well.
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are said to be in attendance. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi are also expected to be in attendance.
After a long and testy relationship, Zuckerberg has made a substantial effort to ingratiate himself with Trump, recently ditching progressive corporate policies.
Zuckerberg podcast host Joe Rogan said recently that he is done with “culturally neutered elements of corporate America” and said his company will embrace “masculine energy” in the future.
Like Zuckerberg, Washington Post owner Bezos has clashed with Trump in the past, particularly when it came to the newspaper’s coverage of Trump.
The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunrise the day before the second term inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. US (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Getty Images)
Steve Feinberg, head of Cerberus Capital Management, and nominee for Deputy Secretary of Defense, is scheduled to attend along with Todd Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs.
However, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey, who met with President-elect Donald Trump to present a commemorative bottle of Diet Coke last week, will not be in attendance due to other business commitments. the company confirmed. Airbnb CEO Brian Checksy will also not be in attendance.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is also absent from the ceremony. The chief executive told Reuters he is celebrating the Lunar New Year with employees and their families.
Fox News’ Nicholas Lanum contributed to this report.
