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The American Oligarchs, alpha male cosplaying tech bros, TikTok and the US company China Threat, and retiring DEI
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LIVE from your ESG EV Dipstick, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at January 17th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: The CEO takeover has accelerated; bravery for sale at Costco; and men finally have power
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Story of the Week (DR):
DealBook: C.E.O.s hail the chief MM
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration: The three will be seated together on the inauguration platform with other prominent guests.
About $200M so far (BIden about $60M)
Amazon: $2 million
Meta: $1 million
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg: $1 million (personal donation)
Robinhood: $2 million
Bank of America: $1 million
Goldman Sachs: Undisclosed
Google: $1 million
Microsoft: $1 million
Uber: $1 million
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: $1 million (personal donation)
Boeing: $1 million
Ford/GM//Hyundai/Toyota: $1 million
Ripple [Cryptocurrency]: $5 million
Apple CEO Tim Cook: $1 million (personal donation)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: $1 million (personal donation)
etc.
In Farewell Address, Biden Warns of an ‘Oligarchy’ Taking Shape in America
President Joe Biden's farewell address Wednesday came with a series of warnings for the future of the country, among them that a rising “oligarchy taking shape” threatens American democracy: "Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democra