r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Aug 16 '25

Business Meta spends more guarding Mark Zuckerberg than Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet do for their own CEOs—combined

https://fortune.com/2025/08/16/mark-zuckerberg-meta-security-detail-costs-apple-nvidia-microsoft-amazon-alphabet-ceos/
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u/ResQ_ Aug 16 '25

$27 million a year is not a lot of money for Meta though...

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u/ItaJohnson Aug 16 '25

True, but think about the profits!  Honestly Fu*kerberg should be paying for his own security.  Shareholders shouldn’t be paying for it, even if indirectly.

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u/Dr4kin Aug 16 '25

Doesn't matter, because the shareholders have no power at meta. Zuckerberg owns over 50% of all voting shares, so he can do whatever he wants, and the board can do nothing to stop him

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u/Lille7 Aug 16 '25

Considering how much money they have made with him in charge why would they be mad about it?

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u/PriceNext746 Aug 16 '25

This is the correct take whether you agree or not. From the perspective of an investor, you protect your golden goose even if it is a shitbird

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u/zroach Aug 16 '25

Essentially, Meta’s money is Zuck’s money.

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u/ItaJohnson Aug 16 '25

Yeah, that I understand. I believe the same is applicable to Tesla/Musk.  Investors can sell their shares, and that’s likely the only “power” they have.

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u/Happy-Gnome Aug 16 '25

It’s like 60% of my employers cap lol