One of Google’s billionaire founders dined with the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago home Thursday night, according to multiple sources, making him the latest tech giant to grow close to Donald Trump. It is.
It’s a surprising turnaround for Sergey Brin, who described Trump’s 2016 victory as “very aggressive.”
But it shows how online aristocrats must put their worries aside to grapple with new realities.
Details of his visit emerged hours after Facebook’s parent company Meta and Amazon announced they would donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund.
They’re all looking to play catch-up as the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, watches his fortune grow while attending meetings at President Trump’s political headquarters.
Google was one of the companies Trump accused of engaging in election conspiracies against him this year.
A person familiar with Brin’s visit told DailyMail.com that the facility was founded by Instagram influencer Jessica Reed Krause, known as House in Habit, who is close to the Brin family.
“It was Sergei who contacted me to have dinner with President Trump,” the source said.
“Of course Mr. Trump said yes. These are the biggest companies on the planet and he takes them very seriously.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin became the latest tech mogul to seek a meeting with Donald Trump, dining with the president-elect at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday night.
Trump was in New York during the day and rang the bell of the New York Stock Exchange.
President Trump is holed up at Mar-a-Lago, holding meetings and building his administration.
“But there’s no doubt that he always told them openly what he thought.”
Trump returned to his Palm Beach home on Thursday afternoon after a visit to New York where he was named Time Man of the Year.
It was a rare public appearance. Since winning the election, Mr. Trump has kept the media at bay, refrained from any propaganda favorable to forming a government, and has held dozens of meetings and personnel interviews every day.
On Thursday night, it resumed dealings with Mr. Brin worth an estimated $146 billion.
Brin was previously married to Nicole Shanahan, who was Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate.
His visit to Mar-a-Lago marks an unusual turnaround from President Trump’s previous victory in 2016.
Brin and other Google executives were then captured on video expressing horror.
“As an immigrant and refugee, I certainly find this election very disturbing, and I know many of you do too,” Brin said.
“I think it’s a very stressful time. It conflicts with a lot of our values. It’s a good time to reflect on that.”
Trump made his distaste for Google clear in a post on Truth Social in August of this year.
Tesla founder Elon Musk is frequently present at President Trump’s side. As President Trump prepares to take office on January 20th, other tech giants are now trying to play catch-up.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is pictured here meeting with President Trump at the White House in 2019. He visited Mar-a-Lago last month.
Trump filed a lawsuit against Google and Meta in 2021, accusing them of censorship that banned him from social media platforms.
And this year, President Trump threatened Google after reports surfaced that it had allowed the Biden-Harris campaign to use doctored headlines in ads.
“Google is a twisted election interference machine,” he said in a post on his website Truth Social. Completely illegal, they will pay dearly for what they are doing! ”
Brin is the latest tech mogul to visit Mar-a-Lago.
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been by the president-elect’s side and supported Trump during the election.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg dined with President Trump last month.
And Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is reportedly scheduled to meet with President Trump next week.
