America has got a new president in the form of Donald Trump in November last year (November 2024). He has been elected President of the country for the second time and will take oath as President on January 20. The whole world is waiting for the swearing-in of Trump, who was declared elected after defeating Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

At the same time, many famous names have been included among those who will attend Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony. These include big billionaires as well, who want to further strengthen their relationship with the future President Donald Trump during the swearing-in ceremony to be held next week.

According to information received, top personalities like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, D.C.

The world's three richest people will attend Trump's ceremony

Amazon founders Jeff Bezos (worth $235.3 billion, Forbes estimates) and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg ($212.6 billion) will reportedly sit together on the inaugural stage with Tesla CEO Elon Musk ($429.8 billion), the world's richest person and a confidant of the president who spent more than a quarter-billion dollars to help Trump win November's election.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ($1.1 billion), who donated to the inaugural event, is reportedly planning to attend the event.

Zuckerberg is also co-hosting a pre-Inaugural Ball reception for Trump along with billionaire backers Miriam Adelson ($31.8 billion), Tilman Fertitta ($10.2 billion) and Todd Ricketts, whose father, J. Joe Ricketts, and family have an estimated net worth of $4 billion.

Trump's own wealth is estimated at $6.8 billion, thanks to his stake in Truth Social's parent company, his real estate investments and other assets.

According to Bloomberg, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong ($11.9 billion) was invited to inauguration-related events, although he did not clarify whether he would attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Several other billionaires and their spouses have been offered top roles in the Trump administration, but their attendance has not been confirmed.

Stephen Feinberg ($5 billion), Warren Stephens ($3.3 billion), Jared Isaacman ($1.7 billion), Howard Lutnick ($1.5 billion), Vivek Ramaswami ($1 billion), Steve Witkoff ($1 billion), Linda McMahon (husband Vince McMahon's net worth is $3 billion) and Kelly Loeffler (husband Jeff Sprecher's net worth is $1 billion).

Which other billionaires might join in?

Apple CEO Tim Cook ($2.3 billion) personally donated $1 million to the inauguration ceremony, but it is unclear whether he will attend. Dozens of other billionaires also endorsed Trump for a second term but have not yet confirmed their attendance, including Robert "Woody" Johnson ($3.3 billion), Elizabeth and Richard Uihlein (worth $5.9 billion each), Roger Penske ($6.4 billion) and Timothy Mellon (the family's wealth was $14.1 billion).

Did billionaires like Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg support Trump's campaign?

According to the information received, some of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg supported Trump's campaign, but others either stayed out of the presidential race or were opposed to Trump, but then they started behaving well. Zuckerberg's meta had previously banned Trump from Instagram and Facebook and Trump had once threatened to send him to jail.

More than $170 million raised for the event 

Trump's inaugural fund is believed to have raised a similar amount, nearly three times the $62 million raised by President Joe Biden four years ago and well above the previous record of $107 million set by Trump's 2016 inauguration.

Donors who gave $1 million or raised $2 million from others were reportedly given six tickets to several events in the days before the inauguration, including a "candlelight dinner" with Trump and Melania Trump and a black-tie ball.