33% of S&P 500 companies provided security perks for execs in 2025: Jensen Huang's security cost rose from $690K in 2023 to $3.5M in 2025, Zuckerberg spent $22M (Eli Rosenberg/The Information)

One-third of S&P 500 companies are now providing executive security as a corporate perk, with costs escalating dramatically—exemplified by Jensen Huang's security expenses jumping from $690K to $3.5M and Mark Zuckerberg's $22M security bill—signaling that personal safety risks for C-suite leaders have become a material business expense and governance concern. This trend reflects heightened threats to executive personnel and suggests IT organizations must expand their security mandates beyond infrastructure to include physical security integration, threat intelligence, and executive protection coordination. The widespread adoption indicates this is evolving from exception to standard practice, requiring CIOs to budget for and govern these programs as part of enterprise risk management.