Big Tech's Security Tab Is Exploding: Zuck Spent $22M
A third of S&P 500 firms now cover exec security perks, with costs skyrocketing across the board.
Protecting tech CEOs is getting seriously expensive. A full 33% of S&P 500 companies now provide security perks for their top executives in 2025, and the bills are staggering.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — famous for his leather jacket collection — saw his security costs jump from $690K in 2023 to $3.5M in 2025. That's a 5x increase in two years.
But Huang looks frugal compared to Mark Zuckerberg. Meta's chief racked up $22M in security spending — dwarfing most peers in the index.
The trend reflects a broader corporate shift. As tech leaders become increasingly high-profile public figures, companies are treating personal protection as a standard cost of doing business rather than an exceptional perk. The numbers suggest this line item isn't shrinking anytime soon.