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174 How Greg and Anna Brockman Became MAGA Megadonors

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Jemima McEvoy @ The Information 3 place · 01/23/2026 14:07 EDT

How Greg and Anna Brockman Became MAGA Megadonors

In November, Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, and his wife, Anna, enjoyed a glitzy night out in Washington: a White House state dinner for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The Brockmans were among a broad contingent of tech elite in attendance at the fete, hosted by President Donald Trump. Soon after the event, the Brockmans posted pictures of themselves posing with Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, and David Sacks, the venture capitalist who’s become Trump’s AI a

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