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You thought that only heads of states and countries or authorities of importance needed a bunch of beefed up security guards protecting them. Well, here’s something new. Quite a few chief executives, founders and heads of billion dollar global companies have been threatened by unstable customers and users.
This has prompted many of them to hire guards for protection. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of the social media mammoth Facebook recently increased his security convoy to 16 guards. Zuckerberg was in the news last month for his efforts to build an Artificial Intelligence assistant.
Page Six informs that Facebook has been instrumental in a many break ups and divorces. As a result, users get mad at the website, blaming it unfairly. On top of that, Facebook reported more than a billion “daily active users on average” for December 2015 that might mean that the number of disgruntled and unstable subscribers would be high for this website. Is that why Zuckerberg had to ramp up his army of guards?
Silicon Valley sources point out that as global CEOs, people like Zuckerberg are reaching billions of people every day hence threats from any corner are unnerving. Most CEOs take these very seriously, especially if these extend to the immediate family.
According to The Sun, the 16-people team of security personnel guard Zuckerberg’s properties in San Francisco and California. These bodyguards are patrolling his AU$14 million (£7 million) home in San Francisco and AU$10 million (£5 million) home in Palo Alto, California. The guards work day and night in shifts to ensure the safety of the Facebook founder as well as his wife Priscilla Chan and their two-month-old daughter, Maxima.
However, it seems like the security personnel have managed to annoy the neighbours. News.com.au states that the neighbours have already levelled accusations against the guards for “permanently … illegally” taking up two prime parking spots in the area. Letters have been sent already, but the guards were said to have been instructed by their supervisors to not move the cars under any circumstances, reveals the annoyed neighbours.
Publications have contacted Facebook for comments. However there hasn’t been any response from the company as of this time.
source : http://www.australianetworknews.com
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