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🛡️ Protecting Mark Zuckerberg is Expensive Business

This graphic visualizes the annual security costs incurred by Big Tech companies to protect their CEOs. Data is sourced from Fortune, as of 2023.

Amongst Big Tech, Meta pays the most to protect CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whom it calls “synonymous with the company,” in their SEC filings.
The rationale behind shelling out the big bucks: any negativity around the brand could spillover on to him.
Turns out guarding someone costs quite a bit. Fortune found that round-the-clock protection with just two bodyguards costs at least $1M a year.