Meta spends more from Mark Zuckerberg than Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet for their own CEOs – Combined

According to a new Financial time Analysis, security budgets for heads of management of 10 major technological companies exceeded $ 45 million in 2024, but still, nobody protects their boss more than Meta for Zuckerberg.

Overall, companies like Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia and Palantre have all increased protective budgets by more than 10% from one year to the next, pulled by increased threats and aggravation of the security environment for public -oriented business leaders. But Meta’s security allowance in Zuckerberg reached more than $ 27 million in 2024, compared to 24 million dollars the previous year.

This eclipses the amounts spent by peers: in 2024, Nvidia spent $ 3.5 million to secure CEO Jensen Huang, an increase of $ 2.2 million the previous year. Amazon allocated $ 1.1 million to CEO Andy Jassy, while former CEO Jeff Bezos continued to receive $ 1.6 million a year for his personal safety. Apple spent $ 1.4 million to protect Tim Cook in 2024, which was in fact below 2.4 million dollars spent in 2023. Safety.

In particular, if you add the quantity of Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Palo Alto networks spent their CEOs in 2024, it is still about $ 7 million – 26% – less than Meta spent to keep Zuckerberg.

Safety in Silicon Valley

For what is worth, Meta’s security program is a little different from the others because it covers the residences, family and trips of Zuckerberg, since Zuckerberg is synonymous with meta, born Facebook. As CEO and co -founder, he also has the majority voting power – and many people have strong feelings about Zuckerberg given his very public role in society, layoffs and privacy of consumers.

Safety in Silicon Valley is often managed by private security companies, many of which are composed of former professionals in the application of laws and soldiers. Hamilton Security, founded by former FBI agent James Hamilton, provides complete assessments and risk attenuation services. Gavin de Becker & Associates and Lasorsa Security & Associates are also considered to be major players, protecting executives like Musk and Bezos respectively. Their services include risk assessment, information surveillance, residential security with hardened features (for example, Amazon’s Bulletproof panels), personal protection details 24/7, secure transport, cybersecurity, anti-projection measures, as well as preparing assassination attempts, abduction attempts and digital threats such as Deepfakes.

Alex Karp de Palantir, for example, who directs a data intelligence company with controversial defense contracts, uses a 24/7 security detail with up to four visible bodyguards. Huang de Nvidia, who won first place on FortuneThe most powerful people in the list of business this year have seen an increase in its protection budget as its net value has skyrocketed and the global profile has increased, including fans reports.

The assassination of the United CEO of Unitedhealthcare, Brian Thompson, led last December to some of the growing expenses among the leaders, but this also forced certain changes in protocol. Some companies have deleted photos from their leadership from their business websites, invested in domestic defenses and cyber-protection, and applied more strict travel policies: Lockheed Martin, for example, requires that its CEO uses business jets.

Meta did not immediately respond to FortuneRequest for comments on its security expenses to Zuckerberg.

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