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The Hustle

This Is How Much It Costs to Protect a Billionaire

January 9th, 2025· 3.6M views· 0:51
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Get the 5-minute newsletter keeping 2M+ innovators in the loop: https://clickhubspot.com/6jy1 According to Fortune, it costs companies millions to protect their billionaire CEOs like Elon Musk (Tesla), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta) and Sundar Pichai (Google). In 2023, Meta spent nearly $24m on Zuckerberg’s personal security; Alphabet spent nearly $7m on Pichai’s; Tesla spent $2.4m on Musk’s.