Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Spotlights Complex Challenge Companies Face in Protecting Top Brass

Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Spotlights Complex Challenge Companies Face in Protecting Top Brass
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg passes media and a protester as he arrives for a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 13, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—He’s one of the most famous corporate leaders in the world, delivering products embraced by billions. But it’s the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta worry about.

In an era when online anger and social tensions are increasingly directed at the businesses consumers count on, Meta last year spent $24.4 million on guards, alarms, and other measures to keep Zuckerberg and the company’s former chief operating officer safe.