Pics: Star-Studded State Dinner For PM Modi, Top Businessmen Attend
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The presence of corporate executives at Thursday's event highlighted PM Modi's efforts to establish India as a manufacturing and technology partner for the US.
Silicon Valley's biggest names descended on Washington Thursday as President Joe Biden sought to strengthen tech industry ties between the US and India at a state dinner honoring Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
At the White House, corporate executives attending the event included Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft Corp. chief Satya Nadella. They were joined by celebrities including Billie Jean King and Ralph Lauren at the third state dinner of Biden's presidency.
Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited; General Electric Co. CEO Larry Culp; Boeing Co. CEO David Calhoun; Bain Capital's Josh Bekenstein; Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi; and Sam Altman of OpenAI also landed coveted invitations to the lavish event, celebrating PM Modi's first official state visit to the US.
Among the celebrities from the entertainment world were filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, Netflix Inc. Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria, and media scion James Murdoch.
