Apple CEO Tim Cook dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, a private club in Palm Beach, Florida.
The dinner meeting took place on December 14, 2016, just a week before Trump's inauguration.
This was a significant event, marking one of the first times a major tech CEO had met with the incoming president.
Tim Cook's visit to Mar-a-Lago was a rare instance of a high-profile meeting between a tech executive and Trump during his transition period.
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Meeting at Mar-a-Lago
Apple CEO Tim Cook dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, a move that's part of a larger trend of big tech leaders trying to improve their standing with the incoming president.
Cook is the latest in a string of big tech leaders, including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon's Jeff Bezos, who have sought to improve their standing with Trump after choppy relations during his first term.
The meeting comes less than two months after Trump said he spoke to Cook by phone, and soon after Apple lost its last appeal in a dispute with the EU over 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland.
Trump has said he has spoken with Cook about the company's long-running tax battles with the European Union, a dispute that centered on sweetheart deals that Dublin was offering to attract multinational businesses with minimal taxes across the 27-nation bloc.
Cook is a native of Robertsdale and an Auburn graduate, and this is reportedly his first time meeting with Trump since the election.
Apple and Trump's transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the dinner.
The decision by the EU top court was the finale to a dispute that required Ireland to recover unlawful aid it granted to Apple.
Trump's dinner with Cook comes as other big tech leaders are also making moves to improve their standing with the president-elect, including donating to his inauguration fund and meeting with him privately at Mar-a-Lago.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to Trump's inauguration fund, and Amazon and Meta have also donated $1 million each to the fund.
The donation from Meta came just weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump privately at Mar-a-Lago, and Zuckerberg has voiced a more positive stance toward Trump in recent months.
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Event Details
Apple CEO Tim Cook dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, a private resort in Florida, on a Friday evening.
The meeting was a result of Cook's efforts to improve his company's standing with the incoming president after choppy relations during Trump's first term.
Cook is the latest in a string of big tech leaders, including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon's Jeff Bezos, who have sought to improve their standing with Trump.
The meeting came less than two months after Trump said he spoke to Cook by phone, and soon after Apple lost its last appeal in a dispute with the EU over 13 billion euros ($14.34 billion) in back taxes to Ireland.
Trump has said he has spoken with Cook about the company's long-running tax battles with the European Union.
The decision by the EU top court was the finale to a dispute that centered on sweetheart deals that Dublin was offering to attract multinational businesses with minimal taxes across the 27-nation bloc.
The European Commission in 2016 ruled that Ireland granted Apple unlawful aid that Ireland was required to recover.
Trump's transition team and Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment about his dinner with Cook.
Other big tech leaders, including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon's Jeff Bezos, have also met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to improve their standing with the president-elect.
These meetings are part of a larger effort by big tech leaders to establish a positive relationship with Trump after a tumultuous first term.
Cook, a native of Robertsdale and Auburn graduate, has established a personal relationship with the President-elect during his first term.
The meeting at Mar-a-Lago was a Friday evening dinner, and it is unclear what specific topics were discussed.
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