Donald Trump is known to surround himself with the rich and famous. As he prepares to reenter the White House,

he'll bring with him a new group of billionaires, business leaders, and entertainers. Forbes identified 13 of them who are poised to shape his second presidential administration.

Hi, everybody. I'm Brittany Lewis, a reporter here at Forbes. Joining me now is my colleague, Forbes staff writer, John Hyatt.

John, thank you so much for joining me.

Thanks for having me, Brittany.

Of course.

Last week we witnessed one of the most historic comebacks in modern-day political history.

Donald Trump re-won the White House four years after getting voted out. And you're reporting on the ultra wealthy who are in Trump's orbit, who are also potentially in his ear the second time around.

But let's remind, let's back up four years ago, who were some of the ultra rich and wealthy in his ear his first term?

So during Trump's first term, he brought with him folks who made their money on Wall Street,

who he always respected as informal advisors, people he'd speak with on the phone.

People like Carl Icon, famous corporate raider, his Las Vegas business partner, Phil Ruffin, people like Blackstone's founder, Steve Schwartzman.

And most of his cabinet was made up of political people, but he also had some Wall Street folks like Steve Mnuchin,

of course, his Treasury Secretary, and Gary Cohen, a Goldman Sachs veteran who worked in

the Trump administration as well. But he also had family in the White House, of course. He had

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who were key senior

advisors. So he had a range of different types of advisors in his first term. A lot has obviously

changed since he left the White House in early 2021. And in the past four years, some who previously

served in the Trump administration have spoken out against Donald

Trump, but who were the others who could potentially be returning the second time around?

Yeah, you're right. I mean, people like Betsy DeVos, who was head of DOE in the first administration,

she resigned after January 6th. She was one of those people.

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