INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mark Zuckerberg's security expenses climbed to $7.3 million in 2017 from $4.9 million
Facebook Inc chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's compensation rose 53.5
percent to $8.9 million in 2017, a regulatory filing showed on Friday, largely due to higher costs related to the 33-year old billionaire's
About 83 percent of the compensation represented security-related expenses, while most of the rest were tied to Zuckerberg's personal
usage of private aircraft.Zuckerberg spent much of last year travelling after he pledged to visit all the United States states that he had
His security expenses climbed to $7.3 million in 2017 from $4.9 million a year earlier.Menlo Park, California-based Facebook paid to buy,
install and maintain security measures for Zuckerberg's personal residences, which include properties in San Francisco and Palo Alto, the
filing showed.The Facebook board's compensation committee authorized Zuckerberg's security programme, the filing said, "to address
safety concerns due to specific threats to his safety arising directly as a result of his position as our founder, Chairman, and
CEO."Zuckerberg's base salary was unchanged at $1, while his total voting power at Facebook rose marginally to 59.9 percent.Facebook,
which has consistently reported stronger-than-expected earnings over the past two years, has faced public outcry over its role in Russia's
alleged influence over the 2016 United States presidential election.Earlier this week, Zuckerberg emerged largely unscathed after facing
hours of questioning from United States lawmakers on how the personal information of several million Facebook users might have been
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