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US president-elect Donald Trump held a meeting today with various Silicon Valley luminaries.
The invite list for such a meeting, however, only tells us so much. Like at a good wedding, the seating chart is key—each decision should be made with utmost caution and intention. Here is where everybody sat at Trump’s tech meeeting.
Some items of note:
Here’s a list of attendees and their positions, beginning clockwise from Ivanka:
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ivanka Trump | Trump’s daughter |
| Eric Trump | Trump’s son |
| Brad Smith | Microsoft president |
| Jeff Bezos | Amazon CEO |
| Larry Page | Alphabet CEO |
| Sheryl Sandberg | Facebook COO |
| Mike Pence | Gov of Indiana |
| Donald Trump | President-elect |
| Peter Thiel | Paypal founder, Facebook board member |
| Tim Cook | Apple CEO |
| Safra Catz | Oracle co-chief executive |
| Elon Musk | Tesla CEO |
| Gary Cohn | Goldman Sachs president/COO |
| Wilbur Ross | Secretary of Commerce nominee |
| Stephen Miller | Trump senior adviser |
| Satya Nadella | Microsoft CEO |
| Ginni Rommety | IBM CEO |
| Chuck Robbins | Cisco CEO |
| Jared Kushner | Trump’s son-in-law |
| Reince Preibus | RNC chairman |
| Steve Bannon | Trump campaign CEO |
| Eric Schmidt | Alphabet executive chairman |
| Alex Karp | Palantir CEO |
| Brian Krzanich | Intel CEO |
| Don Jr. | Trump’s son |