🛡️ Protecting Mark Zuckerberg is Expensive Business

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

Key Takeaways

• 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.