Google has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, making it the latest major tech company to chip in.
Karen Bhatia, the company’s global head of government affairs and public policy, told CNBC on Thursday that Google made its donation on Monday. YouTube — which is under the umbrella of Alphabet, the same parent company as Google — will also livestream the inauguration on Jan. 20, she noted.
“Google is pleased to support the 2025 inauguration,” Bhatia said.
With the donation, Google joins a number of other tech giants to pitch in $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, made