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Meta’s 2024 Security Bill for Zuckerberg Tops Peers’ Combined CEO Protection Costs

Heightened threats following the December assassination of a fellow CEO have prompted firms to expand measures covering homes, travel, digital defenses.

TOPSHOT - Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.
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Overview

  • Meta allocated over $27 million to protect Mark Zuckerberg in 2024, up from about $24 million the previous year.
  • That outlay surpassed by roughly $7 million the combined disclosed protection budgets of Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet CEOs.
  • Disclosed security spending for ten major tech leaders climbed above $45 million in 2024, with many firms reporting year-over-year increases exceeding 10 percent.
  • Executive protection programs now range from residential hardening and 24/7 personal details to secure transportation, intelligence monitoring and anti-deepfake safeguards.
  • The December 2024 assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson drove companies to tighten protocols and boost overall security investments.