NBC, citing government officials involved in planning the inauguration, reported that the three tech giant executives will sit side by side on the inauguration podium with key figures, including the new government's cabinet nominees.
NBC noted that these three are currently the world's richest people, ranking first to third in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as of the previous day, the net worth of Musk (1st place, $432 billion), Bezos (2nd place, $238 billion), and Zuckerberg (3rd place, $215 billion) amounted to $885 billion, and our money (1292.5 trillion won).
They are also famous for donating a large amount of money to President-elect Trump.
In particular, Musk reportedly donated over $250 million (about 365.1 billion won) to Trump's campaign during the presidential election.
Thanks to Trump's election, Musk was named co-head of the new government's Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which was established as an advisory body for the new government.
Bezos' Amazon and Zuckerberg's Meta also donated $1 million (W1.46 billion) each to Trump's inauguration preparation fund.
Tesla and SpaceX, led by Musk, are focusing on developing electric and autonomous vehicles, robots, artificial intelligence (AI), rockets and spacecraft, Amazon is focusing on AI, autonomous vehicles, drones, and Meta is focusing on developing AI-related devices and services.
In addition, Blue Origin, a space company led by Bezos, has recently accelerated its rocket development and challenged SpaceX.
They all expect the new government to ease regulations on their business expansion and technology development.
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