Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the 54th annual assembly of the Global Financial Discussion board, in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2024 (L), and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks all over the UN Situation Alternate Convention (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021.
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Leaders of primary generation firms congratulated President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on their victory within the U.S. presidential election Wednesday.
The messages had been matching, with CEOs remarking that they want Trump good fortune when he returns to the Oval Administrative center, and stay up for operating along with his management.
Amazon founder and govt chairman Jeff Bezos celebrated Trump’s win in a publish on X, calling it an “extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory.”
Bezos, who additionally owns The Washington Publish and based length corporate Blue Starting place, has had a rocky dating with Trump and was once a pervasive goal of the previous president all over his first time period. Trump again and again took attempt at Bezos’ possession of the Publish, Amazon’s tax document and its dating with the Postal Provider. Bezos additionally took swings at Trump, remarking in a 2015 social media post, “#sendDonaldtospace.” Bezos just lately struck a extra conciliatory pitch and in July praised Trump for his “courage under literal fire” following the tried assassination of Trump at a Pennsylvania rally that year.
Andy Jassy, who took the helm from Bezos when he stepped unwell as Amazon’s CEO in 2021, additionally prolonged his congratulations to Trump.
“Congratulations to President-elect @realDonaldTrump on a hard-fought victory,” Jassy wrote in a post on X. “We look forward to working with you and your administration on issues important to our customers, employees, communities, and country.”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated in a publish on X that he hopes Trump will see “huge success in the job.” In a observe up publish, he wrote, “it is critically important that the US maintains its lead in developing AI with democratic values.”
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Trump’s election win a “decisive victory” and stated he appeared ahead to ahead to operating with the Trump management. “We have great opportunities ahead of us as a country,” Zuckerberg wrote in a publish on Anecdotes, Meta’s rival to Elon Musk’s X app. The 2 males have additionally had a rocky dating every now and then. In 2021, Fb prohibited Trump for 2 years in a while upcoming the Jan. 6 rebel.
Musk, who additionally runs electrical automobile maker Tesla, length exploration corporate SpaceX, and mind tech startup Neuralink, additionally unsurprisingly cheered Trump’s win.
Musk has been a key best friend for Trump in his marketing campaign for the White Space, with the previous president promising previous to his election to nominate Musk as the top of a central authority potency fee. Musk additionally contributed just about $75 million to The usa PAC, a pro-Trump tremendous political motion committee that he established previous within the month. Tesla stocks rallied greater than 13% on Wednesday afternoon as buyers had been positive {that a} Trump win would receive advantages the automobile maker.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google father or mother Alphabet, additionally congratulated Trump on his victory and stated he’s dedicated to operating with the president-elect’s management.
Microsoft CEO Sundar Pichai stated: “Congratulations President Trump, we’re looking forward to engaging with you and your administration to drive innovation forward that creates new growth and opportunity for the United States and the world.”
Cisco founder and CEO Chuck Robbins wrote in a post on X that the corporate appears to be like ahead to operating with Trump and Congress on insurance policies round “connectivity, innovation, cybersecurity, and more.”
Field CEO Aaron Levie additionally despatched his excellent needs to Trump. He wrote in a publish on X, “Wild ride. Congrats to @realDonaldTrump on becoming President again. What’s great about America is that we’re on a rocket ship right now and can keep accelerating with the right policies and execution.”
Michael Dell, CEO and chairman of Dell Applied sciences, added his personal congratulations in a publish on X.
