Cristiano Ronaldo poses for selfie with world’s richest man Elon Musk

By Phong Ngo November 20, 2025 | 07:04 pm PT

Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's first football billionaire, took a memorable selfie with Tesla’s Elon Musk and other influential figures at a White House dinner hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The event, held on Tuesday, was organized to welcome Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington, D.C. Ronaldo attended with his fiancée, Georgina Rodriguez.

Tech entrepreneur and investor David Sacks later shared a selfie from the dinner, featuring Ronaldo, Musk, Sacks, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Rodriguez, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, according to Daily Mail.

This marked Musk’s first public visit to the White House since his public feud with Trump escalated in June, following Musk’s departure from his role as the de facto head of the White House DOGE Office, Business Insider reported.

Other notable tech figures included Apple CEO Tim Cook, AMD CEO Lisa Su, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

Cristiano Ronaldo takes the selfie with Elon Musk featured in left corner. Photo from Instagram

For Ronaldo, this was his first public appearance in the U.S. since being accused of rape by an American teacher in 2017. The footballer, who currently plays for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League, reached billionaire status on Oct. 8, when the Bloomberg Billionaires Index valued his wealth at $1.4 billion.

Musk, the world’s richest person with a net worth of $462.8 billion according to Forbes, is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire, following a record $1 trillion payout approved by Tesla’s shareholders on Nov. 6.