TECH - Jeff Bezos Jamie Dimon And Tim Cook Attend Biden's State Dinner As Fumio Kishida Woos US Tech Giants To Invest In Japan | Benzinga
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook attended the state dinner hosted by President Joe Biden for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Other prominent personalities like SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and Robert De Niro were also in attendance.
What Happened: The dinner, held on Wednesday, was a platform for the U.S. and Japan to strengthen their economic and security relations amid growing geopolitical concerns due to China and Russia.
Among other notable attendees were Larry Fink of Blackrock Inc., Jon Gray of Blackstone Inc., and Arvind Krishna of International Business Machines Corp. The dinner was accompanied by a three-course meal and entertainment by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, reported Bloomberg.