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

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

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

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images.

Bernard Arnault said he spoke with Mark Zuckerberg about Meta layoffs, which the LVMH boss described as workers being "promoted outwards."

A shift seems to be happening for those selling Trump-branded real estate as well. In his first go-around as president, his name was considered so objectionable that six residential buildings on Riverside Drive went to great effort and expense (costs were estimated at as high as $1 million per building) to remove it from their facades.

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,

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Bernard Arnault, the mastermind behind the LVMH conglomerate, which includes luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Sephora, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree from École Polytechnique in Paris.

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