White House spokesperson Liz Houston stated: 'The Trump administration thanks these outstanding technology leaders for their contributions. The awardees have helped the United States maintain its global leadership in innovation.'
The award ceremony will be held at the 'Science: A New Golden Age Summit' hosted at the White House. This also signifies Musk's return to Trump's inner circle after their public split and Musk's high-profile departure from the government team.
In addition to Musk and Huang, Trump will also present the 'National Medal of Science' to Google (US.GOOG) co-founder Brin and AMD (US.AMD) CEO Lisa Su at the summit. Dell Technologies (US.DELL) CEO Michael Dell and Microsoft (US.MSFT) CEO Nadella will receive the 'National Medal of Technology and Innovation'. (rc)