On Saturday evening, ahead of the inauguration of US President Donald J. Trump, Silicon Valley and Washington dignitaries gathered at billionaire Peter Thiel’s Beaux-Arts mansion in the capital.<\/p>\n
Notable attendees included casino magnate and prominent Zionist Miriam Adelson, one of the richest individuals globally; Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Vice President J.D. Vance, known for fostering Trump’s ties with Silicon Valley; Donald Trump Jr.; Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson; and billionaire entrepreneur David Sacks, a close friend of Thiel and a key figure in the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
Prominent guests from the technology sector on the male-dominated list included OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, cryptocurrency investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Alexandr Wang, CEO of ScaleAI, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence firms.<\/p>\n
Other attendees included Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, and David Friedberg, hosts of the All-In<\/em><\/i> podcast with Sacks; former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick; and new Silicon Valley executives such as Jacob Helberg, Ken Howery, and Sriram Krishnan. Senators Bill Hagerty, Ted Cruz, and Dave McCormick were also in attendance.<\/p>\n According to The New York Times<\/em><\/i>, House Speaker Mike Johnson described the party as “a lot of fun,” highlighting the camaraderie as the event’s best feature.<\/p>\n The festivities extended beyond Thiel’s gathering. On Friday evening, the Crypto Ball, a pro-Trump event hosted by the cryptocurrency industry, featured Snoop Dogg performing Bob Marley’s iconic Everything’s Gonna Be All Right<\/em><\/i> for Silicon Valley executives and top cryptocurrency investors. Despite their wealth, some guests endured long queues in the cold to attend.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a block away, Washington’s power elite gathered at a downtown steakhouse. According to The New York Times<\/em><\/i>, lobbyist Brian Ballard, a key figure poised to benefit from a Trump resurgence, received widespread accolades while networking with potential clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Saturday evening, ahead of the inauguration of US President Donald J. Trump, Silicon Valley and Washington dignitaries gathered at billionaire Peter Thiel’s Beaux-Arts mansion in the capital. Notable attendees included casino magnate and prominent Zionist Miriam Adelson, one of the richest individuals globally; Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Vice President J.D. Vance, known for fostering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[5211,5210,5214,5209,5206,5207,5212,5208,5213,5215],"class_list":["post-7355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-america","tag-cryptocurrency-pro-trump-events","tag-miriam-adelson-inauguration","tag-openai-ceo-sam-altman","tag-peter-thiel-beaux-arts-mansion","tag-peter-thiel-inauguration-party","tag-silicon-valley-trump-ties","tag-snoop-dogg-crypto-ball-performance","tag-trump-administration-events","tag-trump-administration-silicon-valley","tag-washington-power-players-networking"],"yoast_head":"\n