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Taylor Odisho

Trump's Billionaire Pals Have Lost Nearly $200 Billion Since Scoring Prime Seats at Inauguration: Report

Two of Trump's biggest supporters ahead of his second term have also lost the most since he took office in January 2025. (Credit: Getty Images)

Elon Musk and a group of fellow billionaires poured millions into backing Donald Trump's return to power, but just 100 days into his second term, their costly investments are already backfiring.

The world's three richest men, Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, were all in attendance at Trump's inauguration in January. Additionally, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, all donated $1 million to his inauguration fund through their companies, most likely to curry favor ahead of the president's second term.

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