President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers met with 13 prominent technology executives at Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday. A pool camera captured introductory remarks from Mr. Trump and the executives. What follows is a transcript:
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Tim Cook, CEO, Apple Inc.:
“Tim Cook, very good to be here. And I look very forward to talking to the president-elect about the things that we can do to help you achieve some things you want.”
Donald Trump, President-elect:
“Great, Tim.”
Safra Catz, co-CEO, Oracle Corp.
“I’m Safra Catz, I’m CEO of Oracle. I’m actually privileged and honored to even be here, and we are looking forward to helping you, and your administration.”
Donald Trump:
“Thank you. Thank you, Safra.”
Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla Motors Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Inc.:
“Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, building rockets and cars and solar stuff in the U.S. I’m really excited about expanding our manufacturing footprint in the U.S.”
Gary Cohn:
“Gary Cohn, here as the delegate for NEC (National Economic Council), working with the president on driving his economic policy.”
Wilbur Ross, investor, appointed U.S. Commerce Secretary:
“Wilbur Ross, nominee for commerce secretary.”
Stephen Miller, appointed Senior Adviser to the President for Policy:
“Stephen Miller, senior adviser for policy, and everyone thank you for being here.”
Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft Corp.:
“Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft.”
Ginni Rometty, CEO, International Business Machines Corp.:
Ginni Rometty, the CEO of IBM, and also great to be here to work on that [inaudible] agenda.”
Chuck Robbins, CEO, Cisco Corp.:
“Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco. Likewise, everything has been said, we’re happy to be here and happy to help and happy to work with you.”
Jared Kushner:
“Jared Kushner.”
Reince Priebus:
“Reince Priebus.”
Steve Bannon, senior counsel and chief strategist of the President-elect:
“Steve Bannon, chief strategist and senior counselor for the President-elect.”
Eric Schmidt, executive chairman, Alphabet Inc.:
“Eric Schmidt, Alphabet/Google, and completely agree with what’s been said.”
Alex Karp, CEO, Palantir Technologies Inc.:
“Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir hoping to help bolster national security and [inaudible].”
Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel Corp.:
“Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel.”
Donald Trump, Jr., executive vice president, The Trump Organization:
“Donald Trump, Jr.”
Ivanka Trump, executive vice president, The Trump Organization:
“Ivanka Trump.”
Eric Trump, executive vice president, The Trump Organization:
“Eric Trump, and welcome.”
Brad Smith, president, Microsoft:
“Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, and like Satya [Nadella], please to be here.”
Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon.com Inc.:
“Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com. I’m super excited about the possibility that this could be the innovations administration.”
Larry Page, CEO, Alphabet:
“Larry Page, Alphabet and Google, probably the youngest company here.”
Donald Trump:
“Looks like the youngest person.” [Laughs]
Mr. Page:
“Really excited to be here.”
Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer, Facebook Inc.:
“Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook. Excited to talk about jobs.”
Mike Pence, Vice President-elect:
“Mike Pence, governor of Indiana for a few more days, and Vice President-elect of the United States.”