Donald Trump to award national medals to prominent technology executives

United States President Donald Trump will award the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to several top technology leaders on Thursday.

FTMQ Tech, written by our newsroom8 October 2026 at 01:040 views

United States President Donald Trump will award national medals to several prominent technology executives during a science summit on Thursday, CNBC and the South China Morning Post reported. The honors include two distinct awards given to leaders of major hardware, software, and semiconductor companies. [1][4]

SpaceX and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk will receive the National Medal of Science, CNBC and the South China Morning Post reported. CNBC reported that Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, and Advanced Micro Devices chief executive Lisa Su will also receive the National Medal of Science. [1][4]

Michael Dell and Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella will be awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, according to CNBC. The White House confirmed the details of the awards ahead of the scheduled summit. [1]

President Donald Trump is awarding medals to top tech leaders at a science summit on Thursday.
Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su will receive the National Medal of Science.
Michael Dell and Satya Nadella will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

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[1]Trump awarding medals to Musk, Dell, Nadella and other tech execs at science summitCNBC Tech, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
[2]Trump awarding medals to Musk, Dell, Nadella and other tech execs at science summitCNBC, 5h ago
[3]Trump to award Musk and other tech company leaders state medals — CNBCUA.NEWS, 5h ago
[4]Trump to give Musk top US science medalSouth China Morning Post, 4h ago
[5]Trump awards top tech CEOs including Musk and N...Pluang, 5h ago
[6]Trump to honour Elon Musk, Dell, Nadella and others at science eventIndia Today, 3h ago

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