Tesla CEO Elon Musk will get to work with the new President of the United States.
President-elect Donald Trump has named Elon Musk to his Strategic and Policy Forum, despite Musk having criticized Trump himself. The Strategic and Policy Forum aims to meet with the President frequently to share their specific experience and knowledge as the President implements his economic agenda.
“America has the most innovative and vibrant companies in the world, and the pioneering CEOs joining this Forum today are at the top of their fields,” Trump said in a statement. “My Administration is going to work together with the private sector to improve the business climate and make it attractive for firms to create new jobs across the United States from Silicon Valley to the heartland.”
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Also joining the advisory team is Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. The forum will be chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, CEO and co-founder of Blackstone, one of the world’s largest private equity firms.
The announcement came just ahead of Trump’s meeting with top tech leaders including Musk, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, Alphabet’s Eric Schmidt and Larry Page and Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.
