Trump’s Surprise Billionaire Guests: Bernard Arnault And Mukesh Ambani Attend Inauguration Events

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LVMH chief Bernard Arnault and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani—the world’s fifth- and eighteenth-wealthiest people—attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration events Monday, marking a pair of surprise billionaire appearances at the event attended by a cadre of moguls worth well over $1 trillion.  Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/01/20/surprise-billionaires-at-trumps-inauguration-lvmh-chief-bernard-arnault-and-mukesh-ambani-make-appearances/  Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1  Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:  https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript  Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes:  http://forbes.com  Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.

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00:00LVMH Chief Bernard Arnault and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, the world's fifth

00:07and eighteenth wealthiest people respectively, attended President Donald Trump's inauguration

00:11events Monday, marking a pair of surprise billionaire appearances at the event attended

00:16by a cadre of moguls worth well over $1 trillion.

00:22Arnault attended the inauguration alongside his wife and two children, who together make

00:27up the wealthiest family in France.

00:30Ambani also reportedly attended the event after attending the pre-inauguration church

00:35service.

00:36Ambani also attended a pre-inauguration reception Sunday night, taking a photo with his wife

00:41Nita, a Reliance Industries chairperson, and Trump.

00:46Other billionaires in attendance included the world's three wealthiest people, Tesla

00:51chief and Trump backer Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon co-founder Jeff

00:57Bezos, along with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple CEO Tim Cook.

01:04Casino billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Miriam Adelson, as well as former Fox News

01:09chairman Rupert Murdoch, attended the inauguration.

01:14Some of the billionaires in attendance at Trump's inauguration contributed to the president's

01:18record-breaking inaugural fund, including Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Altman.

01:23The fund raised $170 million.

01:27Donors who provided $1 million to the fund, or raised $2 million from others, were reportedly

01:33given six tickets to a series of pre-inauguration events that included a black-tie ball.

01:39Some of the billionaires in attendance showed more public support for the president than

01:43others.

01:45For more on this story, check out Antonio Pequeño's article in the link in the description.

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