On Tuesday, President Trump and senior American and Saudi officials for lunch in Riyadh are dozens of business leaders for some of the largest American companies.
Managers – technology companies, banks, consumer groups and other industries, including representatives of four of the 10 largest American companies per market value – can be there to present themselves to affairs from Saudi investors, businesses and government services. Their companies are also confronted at the prices imposed by Mr. Trump with American trade partners, so the trip is an opportunity to put pressure on Trump’s senior officials, such as the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the Secretary of Commerce Howard Lux, on trade policy.
Saudi Arabia has become one of the The biggest investors in the world in artificial intelligenceAn effort to diversify the economy of the nation rich in oil and give it an influence on one of the hottest sectors in the business world. Notable players of the lunch AI include Sam Altman, the director general of Chatgpt Parent Openai; Jensen Huang, the chief of the advanced chip manufacturer Nvidia; Ruth Porat, President and Head of Investments of Alphabet, the mother company of Google; And Andy Jassy, the head of Amazon, who is a large service provider composed of cloud.
There is also Elon Musk, who, in addition to supervising Mr. Trump’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal government, also manages Tesla, SpaceX and his own IA business called XAI, which is in talks for new funding This could enhance the company at $ 120 billion.
The big sums of money that Saudi Arabia spends in technology, infrastructure and other priorities have made the country a country popular destination for financial executives Seeking to advise the kingdom and its societies. The best financial leaders of lunch are Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone, Larry Fink from Blackrock and Jane Fraser from Citigroup.
Here are some of the business leaders and other guests for lunch, according to a list provided by the White House:
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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX
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Stephen A. Schwarzman, Managing Director of the Blackstone Group
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Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock
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Arvind Krishna, president and chief executive officer of IBM
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Jane Fraser, Director General of Citigroup
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Kelly Ortberg, Managing Director of Boeing
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Ruth Porat, President and Head of Investments of Alphabet and Google
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Andy Jassy, Managing Director of Amazon
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Sam Altman, Managing Director of Openai
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Jensen Huang, Managing Director of Nvidia
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Alex Karp, Managing Director of Palantir
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Jeff Miller, Managing Director of Halliburton
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Travis Kalanick, former managing director of Uber and founder Cloud Kitchens
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Kathy Warden, Director General of Northrop Grumman
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James Quincey, CEO of Coca-Cola
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Dara Khosrowshahi, Managing Director of Uber
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Francis Suarez, mayor of Miami
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Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA
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Patrick Soon-Shiong, Executive President of Immunity Bio and owner of the Los Angeles Times
Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Executive President, was on the list of participants provided by the White House, but a representative said he had not attended.