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Meta spent nearly $27M on Mark Zuckerberg's security in 2021
- awlkjlkjlar 4y ago[dead]
- FinNerd 4y agoGood. Perhaps even more would be justified. CEOs who can run a company at FB-scale are in depressingly short supply.
- missedthecue 4y agoHe's probably the most hated tech CEO out there.
- mikece 4y ago"Hold my beer." --Elon Musk
- earleybird 4y agoPolarizing, yup. Hated - got a long way to go.
- sterlind 4y agoExactly. I don't like Musk as a person, but if he died I'd be worried for SpaceX and Tesla. On the other hand, losing Facebook would probably improve the world.
- asimpleusecase 4y agoThat 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.
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- libertine 4y agoBut 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 4y agoI'm not sure if you typoed "modem", but whether deliberate or accidental, perfect!
- boeingUH60 4y agoI 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-protect-pompeo-aide-from-iran-threat https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/us-pays-2m-a-month-to-...
- londons_explore 4y agoPaying 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 4y agoPrivate 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.