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Guest List for Obama’s Dinner with Technology Leaders

President Obama will sit down for dinner with a dozen of the titans of the American technology industry Thursday night at the Silicon Valley home of venture capitalist John Doerr, according to two source familiar with the president’s plans.

White House officials have declined to confirm whose house the dinner is at. But aides just released a list of his guests, a group of arch-rivals who run some of the most successful technology companies in the world.

Steve Jobs, the C.E.O. of Apple; Eric Schmidt, the chairman and C.E.O. of Google and Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and C.E.O. of Facebook will all be at the table to discuss what White House officials said would the the president’s efforts to promote innovation.

The three men have pioneered technological innovation, and are partners in some ventures. But they are also fierce competitors whose products are jousting for dominance on the internet and in the rapidly growing smartphone industry.

Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, told reporters Thursday that Mr. Obama is hoping to discuss how the successes of the technology sector can be applied to other industries.

“This is a part of our of our economy that has been a huge contributor to economic growth,” Mr. Carney said. “It is a remarkable demonstration of the American capacity of creativity and innovation and leadership. It is a model, really, for that kind of economic activity that we want to see in other cutting edge industries in the United States.”

In addition to Mr. Doerr, Mr. Jobs, Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Zuckerberg, the president will meet with the following executives, according to the White House:

Carol Bartz, the president and C.E.O. of Yahoo!; John Chambers, the C.E.O. and chairman, Cisco Systems; Dick Costolo, the C.E.O. of Twitter; Larry Ellison, the co-founder and C.E.O. of Oracle; Reed Hastings, the C.E.O. of NetFlix; John Hennessy, the president of Stanford University; Art Levinson, the chairman and former C.E.O. of Genentech; and Steve Westly, the managing partner and founder of The Westly Group.

Mr. Doerr has been a frequent host for Democratic politicians visiting Silicon Valley in the past, including Vice President Al Gore.


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