
US President Donald Trump presented the National Medal of Science and Innovation to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, as well as awards to SpaceX founder Elon Musk, AMD CEO Lisa Su, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella for their contributions to science and technology.
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US President Donald Trump presented state awards for contributions to science and innovation to leaders of leading technology companies as part of a ceremony at the White House.
US President Donald Trump presented a state award for contributions to science and innovation to Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other leaders of large technology companies.
The National Medal of Science was awarded to SpaceX founder Elon Musk and AMD CEO Lisa Su, while other awards went to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
WASHINGTON, October 8 - RIA Novosti. US President Donald Trump presented a state award for contributions to science and innovation to Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other leaders of large technology companies.
"Sergei Brin is a computer scientist, a visionary who forever changed the way the world searches for information at its fingertips," Trump said at the White House event.
As Trump said, Brin returned to the company he co-founded to personally promote progress in the field of “superintelligence” (as the US President calls AI - ed.).
Trump first presented the National Medal of Science to SpaceX founder Elon Musk, then to AMD CEO Lisa Su.

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