America’s tech oligarchy is making nice with the 47th president, but what about the Facebook founder’s pediatrician-turned-philanthropist wife?

As Elon Musk and his billionaire brethren take power in Trump’s second term, the lack of legal guardrails — and the fading power of Big Media — is becoming an existential crisis.

Cabinet members, governors, and long-serving public servants are positioned in rows behind the tech billionaires, with only family seated ahead of them.

Musk is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $449 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He sat alongside Zuckerberg and Bezos, cheering Trump on during his inaugural speech.

In this edited extract from his new book The Leadership Genius Of Elon Musk, veteran business journalist and broadcaster DENNIS KNEALE examines what we can all learn from the Tesla chief’s punchy style.

The wife of Mark Zuckerberg and co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative attends the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, D.C.

A who's who of tech titans, business magnates, and global elites attended President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, including Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg.

Meta's removal of fact-checking reshapes digital trust and responsibility. What it means for creators, audiences, and the future of content moderation.

Tesla's Elon Musk, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Apple's Tim Cook, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai were at St John's church before they moved to the Capitol Rotunda where they hung out with Trump's cabinet appointees.

Several US tech billionaires, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, were allocated prime seats at US president Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, in a display of their influence in the new administration and the White House.

Argentina's far-right president was seen sharing a laugh with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, while UFC boss Dana White and influencers Jake and Logan Paul were also there.

Some of President Donald Trump's working-class and middle-class supporters see a lack of emphasis on lowering consumer costs and making daily American life more affordable.