R.Oh keep Mark Zuckerberg security, Dead At least 23 million dollars annually spent the guards, home security and other support during the past three years. For protection Warren BuffettAnother high -level bill, but it is a famous clip, Berkshire Hathaway presented a little more than $ 300,000 in 2023. Between those budgets, councils in major public companies in America make various investments to protect presidents, according to the stadiums to the European Committee and Exchanges. The range of spending indicates that there is no CSuite consensus on what is necessary.
It may change now. The murder is charged against Luigi MangionWho claimed that he walked and shot to death Brian ThompsonCEO of UNITEDHELTHCARE, has truly rocked assumptions. “Companies in panic, especially large -quality companies CEOBill Gage, a former secret service agent with a security group Safeven, a consulting company. Companies that have been considered security investments in advance as a waste, or not attractive, are suddenly all the ears. “I worked with billion dollars companies before you don’t even want to spend $ 50,000 on any kind of active shooter [training] Or review how their physical security is stiff. “
The audio security strategy requires a threat assessment. It challenges the alleged motives of Mr. Manjion and cold blood preparations. Since the killing of Mr. Thompson, the popular anger of the unparalleled health care system has made Mr. Mangion a popular online hero for some. Emerson College poll found that 41 % of Americans in their twenties have found that killing was “acceptable” or “somewhat acceptable”. This survey may be strange, and the number of respondents in the twenties in a survey with a sample of 1,000 people is smaller than to serve as the basis for moral panic.
However, health care is barely the only industry that attracts emotional opposition from activists and audiences. Popular support in America to use violence to achieve political goals is increasing, according to investigative studies supervised by Robert Pep, a researcher and a political violence analyst for a long time at the University of Chicago. (During the 2024 election campaign, Donald Trump escaped by a single assassination attempt and later escaped from a second, according to the charges in that case.) In recent years, peaceful demonstrators have appeared at the homes of executives, including Jimmy Demon from JPMorgan Chase. Some executives have paint or eggs threw them. A few harassment on the street or in a restaurant. Mr. Thompson was shocked because it was of a different size, apparently more than just escalating the previous civil disobedience.
Even before the arrest of Mr. Mangion, some executives realized that they had become some kind political goals. Mr. Zuckerberg, Meta last spring, wrote in a file about his spending on security, “Call to the dead, and as a result, negative feelings are related to our company directly, and it is often transferred to Mr. Zuckerberg.”
In New York, security companies were immersed in recent weeks with calls, e -mail messages from current customers and possible new messages. The state and partnership of New York City, a influential business group, hosted a virtual meeting on December 17. More than 200 companies listened to state and city employees to combat terrorism and police on companies security.
Police officials said at the meeting that the killing of Mr. Thompson should not be considered once. They reported an escalation of threats since the shooting, the so -called anti -terrorism. The officials said they are at maximum alert, according to Catherine Wilde from the partnership or New York City, which held the meeting. Despite the high risk height, Ms. Wilde says, “I don’t think there is any place in the world better to prevent these types of actions from New York City.”
Some presidents in the largest companies believe that security only requires the appointment of out of service policemen for $ 50 per hour. “There is a perception that people should be these great people who are in the great humans who physically give everyone in touch.” . Most of the time, effective security is multi -layer. It can require the protection of many people in the company as well as their homes and online, searching for disturbing gossip and dark web control.
For his part, Mr. Manjiyyoun was imprisoned in a federal prison in Brooklyn. If you avoid the confession of guilt and go to the trial, the media circus is guaranteed, full of story lines on the extremist views of the accused regarding the responsibility of companies. Such a trial will not do much to calm down CSweet nerves. ■
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