Jake Paul, Zuckerberg and Musk: Who’s at Trump’s inauguration?

Along with the former presidents, family members and US officials you’d expect to see at Donald Trump’s inauguration, there will also be plenty of familiar faces for less traditional reasons.

We’ve seen OpenAI CEO Sam Altman taking selfies with inspirational brothers Logan and Jake Paul, and controversial Irish martial artist Conor McGregor chatting with British politician Nigel Farage.

Also in attendance are tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

We will continue to see familiar and unusual names in the crowd as the day progresses.

Trump’s close relationship with X owner Elon Musk is well known but Musk isn’t the only tech giant at Monday’s inauguration.

Mark Zuckerberg, who earlier this month announced that Meta will eliminate authentication and “significantly reduce the amount of search” on its platforms, is also present.

Another tech billionaire in attendance was Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, who was photographed looking at a group selfie with boxer and influencer Jake Paul, and Paul’s brother, wrestler and influencer Logan.

McGregor was also pictured with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at Trump’s rally on Sunday night.

Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, which owns Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, the Sun and the Times, is in attendance with his fifth wife Elena Zhukova.

Mr Murdoch, 93, married the retired Russian scientist last year in a ceremony at his California vineyard.

As is the case with presidential inaugurations, many former US presidents attend.

Much has been made in the press of Michelle Obama, who attended the first inauguration of Trump in 2017, without accompanying her husband Barack to the event on Monday.

Along with Obama, who was in office before Trump’s last term, are former presidents including Bill Clinton and George W Bush.

Another familiar face is former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

When Johnson took office in 2019, Trump described him as a “good guy”, adding: “They call him the British Trump.”