Silicon Valley Chiefs Notably Absent From Trump’s Cabinet of Business Advisers, by Michael de la Merced.
In President-elect Donald J. Trump’s newly named kitchen cabinet of business advisers, Wall Street is in. Silicon Valley is out.
Mr. Trump has named 16 business leaders to serve on what’s being called the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum, described as a group meant to guide his administration on economic matters.
The list is notable for leaning toward New York executives and industries — finance in particular. …
Given his long experience as a New York real estate investor, Mr. Trump’s selections may not come as a surprise. …
The forum largely excludes technology …
It is a bipartisan list, nonetheless, with a number of members who traditionally have favored Democratic candidates, including Laurence D. Fink of the asset management colossus BlackRock, Mary T. Barra of General Motors and Robert Iger of Walt Disney.