Mark Zuckerberg
Founder, chairman, and CEO of Meta, who takes a $1 salary while the company spends tens of millions on his personal security.
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Pay vs performance
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Why this pay?
- Zuckerberg takes a $1 salary and no bonus or stock.
- Nearly all reported pay is the cost of personal security and private-aircraft use, led by a $14M security allowance.
Worth knowing
Mark Zuckerberg’s official salary at Meta is $1. Nearly all of his reported pay is the cost of personal security — not compensation in the usual sense.
Source: Meta proxy (DEF 14A) · More facts →
Quick facts
Compensation breakdown
DEF 14ANo salary of note, no equity; a $14M security allowance led the "other" line. Source: Meta 2025 Proxy (FY2024) →
Compensation history
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Every figure ties to a filing. Compensation is the total from Meta Platforms's Summary Compensation Table for FY2024(grant-date values, which can differ from what an executive realizes when awards vest). We publish what the filings say, and we don't grade people. Photo: Anthony Quintano from Westminster, United States / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons.