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
Reuters:
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.
MacDailyNews Take: Looks like a fun time was had by all!
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Ok, time to make Apple, great again.
The Apple Board of Directors is recommending a no vote on a shareholder proposal to end DEI. Again, this small stockholder has voted no on each and every Board Member including Tim Cook.
Trump himself is now worth almost $60 billion.
His wealth rose materially with the new Trump meme coin. This and the “Trump Watch” pitch and his son advertising gold on the radio, all drive me crazy. I’m glad he’s in the Oval Office, but this kind of marketing degrades the Office.