Paying for someone's security is mostly a tax dodge.

Mark won't be paying any income tax on the cost of that security detail.

And a lot of things are vaguely related to security in some way, so can be put on the security budget.

That level of intrusion has to make his life miserable. No real solitude, constant interference with plans, no spontaneity. The modem form of the gilded cage.

He's probably the most hated tech CEO out there.

I also recently read about the US government paying $2 million per month [1] to protect Mike Pompeo,the former US Secretary of State under Trump, due to Iran threats.

Must be head of state level security these guys use.

1- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/us-pays-2m-a-month-to-...

Good. Perhaps even more would be justified. CEOs who can run a company at FB-scale are in depressingly short supply.