Guests enjoyed a primarily vegetarian menu except for a sea bass option that could be made upon request. The Adani Group chairman has faced financial and reputational pressure since short-selling firm Hindenburg Research accused him of running a “corporate con” earlier this year. Even more conspicuous by their absence were celebrities from Hollywood and the music industry.Īnother notable absence was that of businessman Gautam Adani, known to be a Modi ally. Night Shyamalan and actor Maulik Pancholy represented the South Asian Americans.

While prominent names from the entertainment industry like Mindy Kaling, Padma Lakshmi, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Kal Penn and others, were missing from the list, director M.

CEO Indra Nooyi, and several other executives. Other business titans in the room were Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, ZScaler founder Jagtar Chaudhry, as well as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Boeing CEO David Calhoun, former Pepsi Co. Friedman, and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. Notables among public intellectuals were authors Anand Giridharadas, and Abraham Varghese, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Among the bold faces Top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin was spotted with her sister, Heba Abedin, a social media and PR consultant Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King, Billie Jean King, Ralph Lauren, Members of Biden’s Cabinet as well as several mainstream lawmakers were also invite for the dinner. Prominent names from the entertainment industry like Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Aasif Mandvi and others, were missing from the list, director M. Other business titans in the room were Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, ZScaler founder Jagtar Chaudhry, FedEx Corporation EO and President Rajesh Subramaniam, Abode CEO Shantanu Narayen, as well as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Boeing CEO David Calhoun and several other executives. There were at least seven billionaires, including Apple CEO Tim Cook Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, the richest Indian Mahindra & Mahindra conglomerate chairman Anand Mahindra, and brokerage firm founder Nikhil Kamath. More than 380 guests attended the lavish event. Government officials, lawmakers, business leaders, entrepreneurs and prominent Indian Americans were among guests invited to last night’s state dinner hosted by President Biden for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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