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CEOs including Satya Nadella and Sam Altman are lining up to congratulate Donald Trump on his election victory

Sundar Pichai (Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

After a bruising and eventful political season that captivated and tormented an anxious electorate, Donald Trump has won the presidency. 

This election was particularly divisive among the upper echelons of the business world. In the past, many business leaders have stayed out of the fray and publicly mum about their own political beliefs. But this time, CEOs like Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman gave full-throated endorsements of the Republican candidate. Tesla CEO Elon Musk went as far as to campaign for Trump at rallies, and consistently posted about the candidate on social media platform X. 

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