How CEOs are addressing the U.S. presidential election
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Socrates Social is tracking how CEOs are weighing in on social media about the presidential election. A summary of notable posts and paired insights is provided below.
Since Donald Trump was elected the next president of the United States early Wednesday morning, a specific group of prominent CEOs has responded to the news.
A clear pattern has emerged, with CEOs of major technology companies issuing statements that are strikingly similar to one another. Outside of this group, leaders of the world’s most notable brands and companies have largely remained quiet on this highly polarized subject on social media.
Most of these statements by top tech CEOs are brief, congratulate President-elect Trump on his victory, and express that they look forward to working with the Trump administration.
It is notable how similar these messages are, the condensed timeline in which they were issued on Wednesday, and the typical choice of platform — X (formerly Twitter) — which makes sense given that the primary target audience is the president-elect himself.
Leaders who published statements include the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Dell, Google, HP, HPE, Intel, Microsoft, OpenAI, Salesforce, Tesla, and Uber.
Find a selection of posts, in the order they were published, below:
