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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Tech Billionaires Take Center Stage At Trump Inauguration

Priscilla Chan, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai, and businessman Elon Musk, attend the inauguration ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC (Credit: AFP)

US tech multibillionaires -- including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos -- were given prime positions at Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, in an unprecedented demonstration of their power and influence in the White House.

The tech tycoons, whose companies are among the world's most valuable, have spent the ten weeks since the election courting favor with Trump, marking a dramatic shift from Silicon Valley's more hostile response to his first term four years ago.

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