Facebook’s stunning year of scandals seems to have driven up the price tag of Mark Zuckerberg’s safety. In addition, nearly $2.6 million went toward Zuckerberg’s private aircraft use, which the company considers as part of his security. Increased protections for the executive pushed his total security compensation from $9.1 million in 2017 to almost $22.6 million in 2018. “We believe that Mr. Zuckerberg’s role puts him in a unique position: 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 filing said. As a result of the scandal, Zuckerberg was called to testify before Congress in a contentious hearing concerning Facebook’s handling of user privacy.

Source: Huffington Post April 13, 2019 16:41 UTC