When tech titans Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook appeared spent time together At a pre-inauguration church service Monday morning in Washington, D.C., that was clearly by choice.
Several seats were reserved for President Donald Trump's family and staff at Monday morning's St. John's church service, sources told The Post, but other seats were not assigned. It is said that
Meta CEO Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Bezos, Google CEO Pichai, and Apple CEO Tim Cook were photographed together in a near-perfect line.
Later, Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan were seen chatting with Bezos. his fianceLauren Sanchez, as everyone headed to the Capitol Rotunda for Trump's swearing-in. Inside the vehicle, Bezos, who last week launched Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket for the first time, was seen on camera laughing with space race rival SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. was.
The group, including Mr. Pichai, was placed on a podium directly behind Mr. Trump's own family.
“For the first time in my life, we have a president and an incoming White House that are aligned with Silicon Valley,” Nick Bilton, author of Hatching Twitter, told the Post. “That's why we have Bezos, Sander and Zack. They see this as an opportunity to finally work with government. We're going to see more technological advances in the next four years than we've seen in the last 40 years. I think so.”
Remarkably, the conversation between Mr. Musk and Mr. Zuckerberg, which once could have faced off in a cage match, was not caught on camera.
“They're all competitors, but they're also friends in some way,” Bilton said of the tech giants.
“It's like a bunch of guys invited to a wedding and they end up sitting at the same table because they don't know anyone else,” he said of Bezos, Zuckerberg and Cook sitting together in church. I think so,” he added. “Plus, they speak together in green rooms at technology conferences and attend the same billionaire dinners. So it makes sense that they would be together.”
OpenAI's Sam Altman and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chiu also attended the swearing-in ceremony, with Zuckerberg, Bezos, Pechai and Musk getting special seats. It was right behind Trump's children and in front of Pentagon nominees Pete Hegseth and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , Trump nominated him for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
“It seems a little unlikely that they're all Trump supporters. But they have to kiss the ring, and this is part of it,” a source told Tech He spoke to the Post about the proud seat of corporate CEOs.
“It's also about self-preservation. All educated workers need visas, and it seems like a good opportunity to put in place policies that can support technology. They have an opportunity to have a seat at the table. They want to expand, they want to be successful, they want to acquire. So they're playing this game.”