Top Tech Executives Scheduled to Meet With Trump

By Lynn Palec, | December 13, 2016

Twitter was not invited to Trump's meeting with tech execs this week. (YouTube)

Twitter was not invited to Trump's meeting with tech execs this week. (YouTube)

Top executives from major tech companies are scheduled to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday. Invitations were reportedly sent out to several tech leaders last week.

Sources with insider information about the meeting said that Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook will attend. Other top executives who have agreed to the meet are Alphabet CEO Larry Page, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. They will be joining Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins and Oracle CEO Safra Catz, who were reported earlier to have agreed to attend the meeting, according to Mac Rumors.

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IBM CEO Ginni Rommetty, who was appointed to Trump's policy forum, will also attend the gathering. The invitations sent to the tech leaders execs were reportedly signed by Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, chief of staff Reince Priebus, and billionaire investor Peter Thiel, according to CNN.

Thiel was one of Trump's staunch supporter during his campaign. He has been the president-elect's link to Silicon Valley.

So far, a handful of prominent tech leaders are yet to confirm that they will be meeting with Trump. Among these figures are Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Trump relied heavily on Twitter to rally support during his campaign. On the other hand, Bezos is also the owner of the Washington Post which had an extensive coverage of Trump's presidential campaign.

Silicon Valley, along with a vast majority of the tech industry, have voiced concerns regarding Trump's presidency with some claiming that he would be bad for innovation. An open letter was signed by 145 tech leaders against Trump. Among the prominent figures to sign the letter were Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, Slack chief executive officer Stewart Butterfield, and Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales.

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