Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos will attend Trump inauguration

Tesla and CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will assist the president-elect Donald Trumpthe inauguration, NBC News reported Tuesday. They will be joined by Apple CEO Tim Cook, Bloomberg said on wednesday

They will be seated on the platform next to Cabinet officials and elected leaders, according to a person familiar with the inauguration planning who spoke to NBC News.

The prominent presence of several tech luminaries and billionaires at Trump’s inauguration indicates how quickly the tech industry’s leadership has warmed to Trump as he takes on his second term as president.

During Trump’s first term, Bezos met regularly with the president about his ownership of the Washington Post, Amazon’s relationship with the US Postal Service and how much tax the technology company paid. Zuckerberg also traded barbs with Trump, particularly over immigration and misinformation.

But as Trump takes office for a second term, the tech industry has contributed to its inaugural fund and many CEOs have praised Trump and offered their best wishes for his administration.

Musk has joined the Trump administration in a role overseeing a future advisory board called the Department of Government Efficiency that seeks to find government waste and cut it. He also spent time with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Amazon and Meta have contributed $1 million each at Trump’s inaugural fund. Google also contributed $1 million, CNBC reported last week. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman contributed $1 million, and so on Apple CEO Tim Cookaccording to Axios report which the technology company did not comment on.

Representatives for Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos did not immediately comment to NBC News. An Apple representative declined to comment.