Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Donating $1 Million to Donald Trump’s Inauguration Fund
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, will personally give $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump‘s inaugural committee — the latest move by a Big Tech exec to cozy up to the incoming president.
Apple itself not expected to make any donations to the incoming president, according to a report Friday by Axios, which first reported on Cook’s planned million-dollar donation. “Cook, a proud Alabama native, believes the inauguration is a great American tradition, and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity,” per Axios’s report, citing anonymous sources.
Apple reps did not respond to a request for comment. Cook joins other tech companies and execs that are giving money to Trump’s inauguration.
Amazon and Meta are each giving $1 million to the president-elect’s inauguration fund, while OpenAI chief Sam Altman also plans to donate the same amount.
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