Why the biggest names in tech met at Trump Tower today
Everybody who’s anybody in tech (almost) made the schlep to Trump Tower at the corner of 56th and 5th in Manhattan today for a meeting with the president-elect.
During the campaign, tech writ large and the incoming administration got off to a not-great start. The last time we talked about a potential tech policy under President-elect Trump, we ended up focusing largely on the lack thereof.
Kai Ryssdal spoke with Marketplace’s Senior Tech Correspondent Molly Wood to get some context.
On why tech leaders attended:
Well, you know, tech, as we have talked about on this show has been the one topic that is conspicuously absent from the President-elect’s agenda. He has not spoken much about it. It is obviously a huge driver of the economy and the future of the world… I’m sure some of these tech leaders would argue that. So I think they’re there to find out what the future has in-store for them.
One thing I will point out is that every tech CEO who is attending — near as I can tell — is a CEO of a publicly traded company. You could argue that they have a responsibility to their shareholders to find out what the future holds for their companies.
Click the audio player above to hear the full interview.
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