# Trump Awards Tech Leaders National Medals

> Trump gives Musk, Huang, Su, Brin, Dell and Nadella National Medals of Science and Technology.
- Title: Trump Awards Tech Leaders National Medals · The Next Web
- Summary: Trump gives Musk, Huang, Su, Brin, Dell and Nadella National Medals of Science and Technology. President Trump awarded six tech leaders the National Medal of…
- Keywords: elon musk, sergey brin, jensen huang, lisa su, michael dell, satya nadella, national medal of science, national medal of technology and innovat, white house, science, technology, Trump
- Source: The Next Web — https://thenextweb.com/news/national-medal-of-science-musk-huang-su-brin-nadella-dell
- Author: Ana Maria Constantin
- Published: 2026-10-09T19:53:28+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: elon musk, sergey brin, jensen huang, lisa su, michael dell, satya nadella, national medal of science, national medal of technology and innovat, ai, white house, science, technology
## Trump Awards Tech Leaders
President Donald Trump presented six technology leaders with the National Medal of Science and Technology at the Science: A New Golden Age Summit in Washington, D.C.
## Recipients and Citations
Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, Michael Dell and Satya Nadella received the medals for their engineering work, algorithms, graphics processing, processor architecture, computing advancements and cloud infrastructure.
## Trump's Remarks
Trump called the recipients 'national treasures' and compared them to his uncle, John Trump, an MIT professor who received the National Medal of Science in 1983.
## Background on Recipients
Five of the six were born outside the US: Musk in South Africa, Brin in Russia, Huang and Su in Taiwan, and Nadella in India, while Dell was born in Texas.
## Microsoft Suspension
Hours before the ceremony, Vice President JD Vance announced the Labor Department was suspending Microsoft from the PERM programme, the first step in sponsoring foreign workers for green cards.
## Key takeaway

President Trump awarded six tech leaders the National Medal of Science and Technology for their contributions to American innovation.