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Citing people familiar with the matter, the Nikkei Asian Review reports Gou arranged the meeting with the help of SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son, who previously met with Trump in New York last year. At the time, Trump touted SoftBank's commitment of $50 billion to U.S. operations as part of an investment fund, a move that could create some 50,000 new jobs.
Though details of today's first ever meeting between Trump and Gou were unavailable, the president is expected to discuss job creation while the Foxconn head is likely to bring up the sale of Toshiba's memory chip business.
In January, Gou revealed Foxconn was considering a joint $7 billion investment with Apple that would go toward the creation of U.S. display production plant. It was later reported that Foxconn subsidiary Sharp would take a lead role in running the plant. Gou last month expressed concerns over building displays in the U.S., however, citing a lack of government incentives, supply chain hurdles and labor issues.