Multiple billionaires and CEOs have issued statements before or after the race was called.
Top U.S. business leaders including Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg responded to Donald Trump’s second presidential election victory, with some saying he won decisively and fairly.
Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO, wrote on social media Wednesday offering his congratulations to Trump “on a decisive victory” on Tuesday, adding that the United States has “great opportunities ahead of us as a country. Looking forward to working with you and your administration.”
And Bezos, the founder of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post since 2013, had a similar message for the president-elect, writing that Trump is “our 45th and now 47th President,” who embarked on “an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory.”
“No nation has bigger opportunities. Wishing [Trump] all success in leading and uniting the America we all love,” Bezos wrote on social media platform X.
In October, Bezos wrote an opinion article for the Washington Post that explained why his paper did not back a political candidate for the 2024 election. He defended the decision by saying that the news outlet’s endorsement would “do nothing to tip the scales of an election” and comes off as overly partisan for people who already distrust the media.
Sundar Pichai, the chief executive officer of Google and its parent company, Alphabet, also made note of Trump’s “decisive victory” in an X post on Wednesday.
“We are in a golden age of American innovation and are committed to working with his administration to help bring the benefits to everyone,” Pichai wrote.
Apple CEO Tim Cook also wrote on X: “Congratulations President Trump on your victory! We look forward to engaging with you and your administration to help make sure the United States continues to lead with and be fueled by ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.”
Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT operator OpenAI, posted a similar message on social media, writing, “congrats to President Trump. [I] wish for his huge success in the job.”
By Jack Phillips
