As Elon Musk and his billionaire brethren take power in Trump’s second term, the lack of legal guardrails — and the fading power of Big Media — is becoming an existential crisis.

America’s tech oligarchy is making nice with the 47th president, but what about the Facebook founder’s pediatrician-turned-philanthropist wife?

Cabinet members, governors, and long-serving public servants are positioned in rows behind the tech billionaires, with only family seated ahead of them.

From left to right, Priscilla Chan, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sánchez, Amazon founder and Post owner Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration of Donald Trump at the Capitol on Monday. (Chip ...

In this edited extract from his new book The Leadership Genius Of Elon Musk, veteran business journalist and broadcaster DENNIS KNEALE examines what we can all learn from the Tesla chief’s punchy style.

Like the oil and railroad tycoons before them, America’s tech bros now have a seat at the president’s table. |

The billionaires were joined by other prominent members of the tech community seated on the dais at the U.S. Capitol ceremony

Musk is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $449 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He sat alongside Zuckerberg and Bezos, cheering Trump on during his inaugural speech.

Priscilla Chan, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai, and businessman Elon Musk, attend the inauguration ceremony of ...

The world's three richest men, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg ... Meta suspended Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, donated nearly $420 million to nonprofits to help local and ...

Tesla's Elon Musk, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Apple's Tim Cook, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai were at St John's church before they moved to the Capitol Rotunda where they hung out with Trump's cabinet appointees.

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