A Whos Who at Peter Thiels Trump Party: Zuckerberg, Adelson and More

The who’s who of Silicon Valley and Washington converged at Peter Thiel’s Beaux-Arts mansion in D.C.on Saturday evening, as the power brokers gathered in anticipation of the inauguration of President-elect Donald J.

Trump.The casino mogul Miriam Adelson, one of the richest people in the world, arrived minutes before the 5 p.m.party officially started, joined shortly after by one of the few people richer: Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta.He briskly walked in from the cold to the 10,000 square-foot home in the Woodley Park neighborhood, clad in black-tie attire and surrounded by a few security people and his newly promoted head of global policy, Joel Kaplan, who has a long history in Republican politics.

Mr.Zuckerberg stayed for about 90 minutes at the home of Mr.

Thiel, a board member at Meta and mentor to him, declining to answer shouted questions from reporters.Mr.Thiel’s other powerful friends joined later, and most party attendees (though not Mr.

Zuckerberg) had to be screened by Secret Service agents.At around 7:30 p.m., Vice President-elect JD Vance arrived with his motorcade, although he stayed for less than 30 minutes.

Mr.Vance was elected to the Senate in 2022 with $15 million in campaign support from Mr.

Thiel....