Meta spent nearly $27M on Mark Zuckerberg's security in 2021

https://www.pcmag.com/news/heres-how-much-meta-spends-on-mark-zuckerbergs-security

by asjfj9 • 4 years ago

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FinNerd2• 4 years ago

Good. Perhaps even more would be justified. CEOs who can run a company at FB-scale are in depressingly short supply.

IshKebab• 4 years ago

Are they? I'm unconvinced.

FinNerd2• 4 years ago

If they were easy to find, companies wouldn’t need to offer them billions per year or spend months paying headhunters.

missedthecue• 4 years ago

He's probably the most hated tech CEO out there.

mikece• 4 years ago

"Hold my beer." --Elon Musk

earleybird• 4 years ago

Polarizing, yup. Hated - got a long way to go.

asimpleusecase• 4 years ago

That level of intrusion has to make his life miserable. No real solitude, constant interference with plans, no spontaneity. The modem form of the gilded cage.

libertine• 4 years ago

But isn't that the framework for every celebrity nowadays?

Because that's what some of these CEOs are - in fact I dare to say that the order of public perception for a lot of these individuals are: celebrity first, CEO of something something second.

EdwardDiego• 4 years ago

I'm not sure if you typoed "modem", but whether deliberate or accidental, perfect!

boeingUH60• 4 years ago

I also recently read about the US government paying $2 million per month [1] to protect Mike Pompeo,the former US Secretary of State under Trump, due to Iran threats.

Must be head of state level security these guys use.

1- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/us-pays-2m-a-month-to-...

londons_explore• 4 years ago

Paying for someone's security is mostly a tax dodge.

Mark won't be paying any income tax on the cost of that security detail.

And a lot of things are vaguely related to security in some way, so can be put on the security budget.

dharmon• 4 years ago

Private jet travel being a particularly big one. Many companies claim their CEOs (even ones you’ve never heard of) need to travel private for security reasons.

Meta spent nearly $27M on Mark Zuckerberg's security in 2021

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