The cost of protecting high profile executives despite the pandemic has also isolated them and limited their ability to travel.
A new analysis of security spending by Silicon Valley giants shows they have spent $ 46 million to protect their top executives.
Of that statistic, $ 23.4 million was spent on Zuckerberg’s personal security alone, up from $ 20.4 million spent a year ago.
The company attributed the increase to the new Covid-19 protocols and the necessary protection during the elections. Of that, 10 million were taxes and 13.4 million were Zuckerberg’s personal security expenses.
He eclipsed rivals like Jeff Bezos who paid $ 1.6 million for personal security. In second place was Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg who spent $ 7.6 million on personal security.
Third place for Sundai Pichai with $ 5.4 million spent, followed by John Zimmer of Lyft with $ 2.06 million, Larry Ellison of Oracle with $ 1.71 million, Evan Spiegel of Snapchat with $ 1.67 million, Bezos, Marc Benioff of Salesforce with $ 1.31 million dollars.
Apple’s Tim Cook spent only $ 470,000 on personal security. / PCWorld Albanian
