Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are courting Big Tech leaders for endorsements, with many big personalities already throwing their names behind the candidates. Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has voiced his support of Trump, even speaking to him in a livestream on X earlier this week, while Melinda French Gates and former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (META) are backing Harris.
Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Co-founder Joe Lonsdale spoke with Yahoo Finance in July — before President Joe Biden exited the 2024 election — to talk about why he and other Silicon Valley executives are supporting Trump.
Yahoo Finance senior reporter Yasmin Khorram dissects Harris's past as California attorney general and several of her biggest cases involving the tech industry.
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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.