Trump's inauguration drew several business and tech CEOs, including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and TikTok's Shou Zi Chew.

“The golden age of America begins right now,” Trump proclaimed. For his billionaire backers, it has already begun.

2 Remember when George Washington and Abraham Lincoln cashed in on their presidencies by selling commemorative medallions? Oh, wait. They didn’t do anything like that. But Mr. Trump did. He capitalized on his newfound power by issuing a crypto token. What is it called?

Tech billionaires, foreign diplomats and CEOs shadowed U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, with several attending St. John's Church in Washington and seated prominently on the dais in the U.S. Capitol ahead of his speech.

The world could soon see its first trillionaires, with five individuals projected to reach the milestone within the next decade if current trends persist, according to Oxfam's annual inequality report released Sunday reported CNN Business.

Mr Trump is more transactional than presidents before him, which increases the risk of cronyism and self-dealing. But America’s economy, including its technology industry, is too unwieldy and dynamic to petrify into an actual oligarchy, whatever diplomats and departing presidents say. ■

LVMH chief Bernard Arnault and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani—the world’s fifth- and eighteenth-wealthiest people—attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration events Monday, marking a pair of surprise billionaire appearances at the event attended by a cadre of moguls worth well over $1 trillion.

A gathering of the world’s wealthiest individuals attended the inauguration, and in a telling gesture, the tech billionaires were seated in front of Trump’s nominated Cabinet.

President Donald Trump's inauguration was packed with the ultra-rich, some seated closer to the incoming president than his incoming cabinet. The personal net worth of just three of these people combined (Mark Zuckerberg,

A who's who of tech titans, business magnates, and global elites attended President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, including Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg.

Following Quang's removal, Vietnam had only five billionaires on the Forbes list as of January 24, 2025, with a combined net worth exceeding $12 billion. Pham Nhat Vuong, chairman of Vingroup, continues to lead the pack as the wealthiest Vietnamese billionaire, with a net worth of $4.1 billion.

The couple may have launched with a sexting scandal, but now they’re everywhere from the cover of Vogue to Trump’s inauguration.