As Biden goes off on Big Tech oligarchy, here are the CEOs who will get cozy with Trump at his inauguration
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Technology barons are flocking to Washington for Donald Trump’s swearing-in next week. When President Joe Biden used his farewell address on Wednesday to warn of a growing “tech industrial complex that could pose real dangers for our country,” he didn’t expressly say who he was talking about.
![[Elon Musk will reportedly have an office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/16/13/newFile.jpg)
Musk, who spent roughly half a billion of his own funds to help secure Trump’s 2024 election win over Vice President Kamala Harris, is set to play an outsized role in the 47th president’s incoming administration to the point of being reportedly given a coveted office inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building just steps from the White House.
![[Jeff Bezos speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2024 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 04, 2024 in New York City]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/19/14/GettyImages-2188282973.jpg)
Come Monday, he’ll also be seated on the inaugural dais at the Capitol, just steps from where Trump will place his hand on a bible and swear the presidential oath of office at noon. Here are some of the other technology industry figures who are set to join him.
![[Zuckerberg recently ordered his platforms to stop fact checking in a bid to curry favor with conservatives]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/14/21/AP25009035238531.jpg)
Bezos, the founder and chairman of Amazon — the world’s largest retailer — is understood to be headed to Washington to celebrate Trump’s swearing-in. He’s also the owner and CEO of Blue Origin, a private space exploration company that just launched its massive New Glenn rocket for the first time.
![[Nadella reportedly had dinner with Trump in Florida recently]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/05/02/06/Malaysia_Microsoft_62666.jpg)
The bookstore magnate turned suborbital space traveler clashed repeatedly with Trump during his first term thanks to Bezos’s ownership of The Washington Post, a point of contention that he reportedly sought to soften by ordering the Post editorial board to nix a planned endorsement of Harris last year.
![[The Google CEO could benefit from a cozy relationship with Trump]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/21/17/Trump_Antitrust_Action_71184.jpg)
