The White House is hosting a summit Monday with top talent in technology. It's the first meeting of the American Technology Council, which was created by an executive order Trump signed last month. Related: CEOs to Trump: You're failingAn administration official said leaders from 18 companies are expected to attend, including Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple (AAPL, Tech30) CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) CEO Satya Nadella, Founders Fund's Peter Thiel and Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google's parent company, Alphabet (GOOG). Here's whyAmong those representing the government will be Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, both White House advisers; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly; White House budget director Mick Mulvaney and White House economic adviser Gary Cohn. Chris Liddell, the White House director of strategic initiatives and a former top executive for General Motors, Microsoft, International Paper and William Morris Endeavor, was named by Trump as director of the council.

Source: CNN June 19, 2017 10:25 UTC