The three most recent books he read illustrate his interests, concerns and priorities.
"One of the president's greatest concerns and priorities is the safety and security of the American people," Mrs. Obama said.
The meeting is likely to provide an opportunity for them to highlight their concerns and priorities with the incoming administration.
"It's been said in the past few days we need to stop talking about ourselves and [start] engaging with the concerns and priorities of the wider public.
We were also invited to bring growing numbers of environmentalists and other activists into companies to discuss their concerns and priorities with senior management.
Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, said that the SDGs may be more useful to donors and aid organisations than poor countries, warning that "global priorities risk over-riding local concerns and priorities".
Increasingly, the politician hears the same kinds of suggestions, the same voicing of concerns and priorities, such as balancing the budget, opening trade routes, and cutting taxes on capital gains.
So far just 5% of the million or so fragments have been translated; but they embody the concerns and priorities of the man (and woman) on the street from the first century BC to the fourth century AD.
Icai's report, which acknowledges that DfID is working under difficult conditions in Kenya, warns that programmes appear to have focused more on the department's own performance targets than the concerns and priorities of local communities.
The Google chief is one of 16 members of the group, established in 2010 as a sounding board for the PM to hear business leaders' concerns and priorities and discuss the government's policies for the economy and growth, and has regularly taken part in its gatherings.
