Facebook spent more than $22m (£19.4m) on Mark Zuckerberg's personal security in 2018 – more than double the amount spent the previous year, records have shown.
The Facebook founder, like many other tech chief executives, only takes a base salary of $1 (88p), but his "other" compensation was listed at $22.6m – and almost all spent on his security.
Nearly $20m went directly on security for Mr Zuckerberg and his family in 2018, up from $9m in 2017, whilst the social media giant also spent $2.6m (£2.3m) on private jets for its founder – which it said was also part of his security programme.
Defending the payments, the regulatory filing by Facebook said: "He is synonymous with Facebook and, as a result, negative sentiment regarding our company is directly associated with, and often transferred to, Mr Zuckerberg."
The higher cost of keeping him safe comes alongside a string of scandals for the company, which have put Mr Zuckerberg at risk of abuse and threats.
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Facebook spent more than $22m (£19.4m) on Mark Zuckerberg's personal security in 2018 – more than double the amount spent the previous year, records have shown.
The Facebook founder, like many other tech chief executives, only takes a base salary of $1 (88p), but his "other" compensation was listed at $22.6m – and almost all spent on his security.
Nearly $20m went directly on security for Mr Zuckerberg and his family in 2018, up from $9m in 2017, whilst the social media giant also spent $2.6m (£2.3m) on private jets for its founder – which it said was also part of his security programme.
Defending the payments, the regulatory filing by Facebook said: "He is synonymous with Facebook and, as a result, negative sentiment regarding our company is directly associated with, and often transferred to, Mr Zuckerberg."
The higher cost of keeping him safe comes alongside a string of scandals for the company, which have put Mr Zuckerberg at risk of abuse and threats.
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Facebook came under fire last month when the man accused of the New Zealand mosque attack live-streamed the massacre on Facebook for 29 minutes – without the platform taking it down.
Mr Zuckerberg was then criticised when he said that Read More – Source
