UPDATE (Jan. 16, 2025; 11:43 a.m. ET): TikTok CEO Shou Chew, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook will attend Trump’s inauguration. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will skip the ceremony, her spokesperson said, without elaborating.
A familiar face will be missing from the notable public figures at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20: former first lady Michelle Obama, whose office said on Wednesday that she will not attend the event.
“Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies,” the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama said in a statement. “Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration.”
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All other living former presidents and first ladies are expected to be at the ceremony: Joe and Jill Biden, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and George W. and Laura Bush. Trump’s team has also invited several foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and Argentinian President Javier Milei, though it’s unclear if they will attend.
Remarkably, three tech billionaires — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos — will have prominent placement at the inauguration. Musk donated tens of millions of dollars to help get Trump elected last year and has become a close ally of the president-elect. And Zuckerberg and Bezos — former Trump foes — have sought to win over the president-elect since his election victory. The three men will be seated alongside Trump’s Cabinet picks and elected officials, NBC News reported Tuesday, citing an official involved with planning the event.








