Trump Meeting With Elon Musk, Apple, Google, Facebook, Oracle, Others

PALO ALTO (CBS SF) -- Leaders from Silicon Valley's biggest tech-companies are meeting with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Sources told Mashable the discussion inside Trump Tower will be lead by billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X is among the attendees, along with execs from Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and others.

Paypal co-founder Thiel broke ranks with much of Silicon Valley when he came out in support of Trump.

Musk, along with many other tech leaders, was a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton and helped raise millions for her campaign. He didn't think Trump was right for the job of commander-in-chief.

"I feel a bit stronger that he is not the right guy," he said in an interview with CNBC. "He doesn't seem to have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States."

Still, Musk said he didn't think a Trump win would have much impact on Tesla.

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