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Check out all the big-shot tech execs who met the Chinese president in Seattle

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Some of the most powerful tech leaders got together in Seattle to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping on his visit to the US Wednesday.

And based on the group photo tweeted out by Seattle Times reporter Matt Day, it was a star-studded event:

Here's a blown-up version of the photo:

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Xi is in the center of the front row, wearing the purple tie.

In the front row, from left to right, here are the tech execs we could identify:

  • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
  • JD.com CEO Qiangdong Liu
  • Former Cisco CEO John Chambers
  • Alibaba founder Jack Ma
  • IBM CEO Ginni Rometty
  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook
  • Tencent CEO Huateng Ma
  • Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

Second row:

  • Sohu CEO Chaoyang Zhang
  • Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang
  • Microsoft executive VP Harry Shum
  • Qualcomm CEO Steven Mollenkopf 
  • Intel CEO Brian Krzanich
  • LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman

Third row:

  • Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang (middle, glasses)
  • Nantworks founder (and the world's richest doctor, according to Forbes) Patrick Soon-Shiong 
  • Airbnb cofounder Brian Chesky
  • Baidu cofounder Robin Li 

Thanks to all the commenters so far. Let us know in comments who else we missed.

Xi attended several events during the day. This picture was taken at an event hosted by Microsoft, which included China's internet czar Lu Wei, who oversees Chinese restrictions on foreign tech companies. After the meeting, Xi is reported to be having a private dinner with Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates.

Here's a video of Cook leaving the meeting:

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