The tech leaders poised to help Trump run the government

• Donald Trump is stacking his second administration with a slate of Silicon Valley insiders.
• The president-elect has tapped at least a dozen tech leaders for government roles.
• These are the businessmen, tech gurus, and venture capitalists who will help Trump govern.

President-elect Donald Trump is stacking his second administration with a cadre of Silicon Valley insiders.

In recent months, Trump has tapped a number of tech executives for a wide range of official government roles while elevating several other industry vets to less formal advisory positions.

Those joining the Trump administration in any official capacity will be subject to federal conflict of interest laws that prohibit government employees from having a hand in anything that could directly affect their financial interests, said Richard Painter, a law professor at the University of Minnesota and former Chief White House Ethics lawyer under George W. Bush.

Private sector employees who join the government are generally required to sell any related financial holdings or recuse themselves from specific matters, Painter told Business Insider.

Exceptions exist, however, including at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a cost-cutting committee that will exist outside of government. Its leaders, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, won’t be government employees, nor will they have to divest themselves of their businesses.

Here are some of the tech personalities Trump has tasked with helping run the federal government: