In the audience, uber venture capitalist Ron Conway, MC Hammer, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Congressman Mike Honda
Obama started the meeting by needling Zuckerberg, who was wearing a navy suit with a red tie, about wearing a suit.
“I’m Barack Obama, and I’m the guy who got Mark to wear a suit.”
“For the second time,” Zuckerberg answered, referring to a dinner he and other Silicon Valley leaders had about a month ago.
>>>> This month ago/second time comment led me to this:
Obama meets with silicon valley elite
>>>> So I wanted to see who he met with.
>>>>>I found this photo of the dinner from the mercury news
>>>>And I found this blog that mention the attendees and has an images has a seating chart he made from the photo
Obamas Silicon Valley tech Titans Dinner
How do you prioritize Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Eric Schmidt, Reed Hastings? Who gets to sit near the President? Who has to sit far away?
So when I saw this photo in the paper, I thought I’d add some value and turn it into a seating chart for your interest and amusement
and then again More recently:
Obama Visits with Tech leaders
it was not revealed who the president was meeting with during his visit to San Jose; as a private citizen, Obama is not obligated to say.