Here are the tech companies that gave millions to Donald Trump’s White House ballroom – and just how much they donated..Credit: Win McNamee/
Some of the world’s biggest tech companies donated tens of millions of dollars for the construction of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom — and now we know exactly how much money they gave to the White House, too.
According to a new report from the Washington Post, Apple and Nvidia topped the list of donors to Trump’s ballroom project, giving $25 million eachfor the president’s pet project. The two tech companies were among the top four donors overall, alongside the Adelson Family Foundation and Charles Ergen, the co-founder of Dish Network.
However, Apple and Nvidia were far from the only tech companies to make massive donations for the ballroom.
Google provided $22 million,down of his YouTube channel following the events of Jan. 6, as Mashable reported previously
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Microsoft donated $10 million, and Palantir was right behind them with a near $10 million donation of their own.
Amazon, Meta, and T-Mobile donated $5 million each.
A number of cryptocurrency companies like Coinbase, Ripple, and the Winklevoss twins, who represent their Gemini crypto exchange, also donated $5 million. Crypto exchange Kraken donated $1 million.
HP and Micron each gave the president $2.5 million and Salesforce donated $2 million.
Non-tech companies like defense contractors and the former CEO of Marvel’s foundation also gave tens of millions of dollars to the ballroom project.
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