Zuckerberg Has A Secret Escape Tunnel And A "Panic Chute" Under His Conference Room At Facebook HQ - BADASS.

BUSINESS INSIDER – …All told, there are now more than 70 people on the executive protection team at Facebook, led by former US Secret Service special agent Jill Leavens Jones. In July 2018, Facebook’s board approved a $10 million security allowance for Zuckerberg and his family for the year.

And with good reason: The billionaire chief exec lives an extraordinarily public life, with 118 million followers on Facebook alone (making him both an icon of Facebook’s ideals and, increasingly, a magnet for public ire following his company’s recent scandals), and the threats he faces are severe.

…Business Insider has spoken to current and former workers at Facebook’s Global Security organisation and others familiar with the matter.

These sources described sophisticated logistical challenges in protecting tens of thousands of employees and contract workers every day…

Oh hell yes, I love this shit.  Panic rooms, emergency evacuation plans, secret tunnels, rooms hidden behind sliding bookcases that open when you pull the arm of a statue.  Any movie scene where they rush the President down to the vault etc etc. I rented Escape Plan 1 and Escape Plan 2: Hades like 9 separate times.  That’s my jam. Love escaping stuff.  I hope to one day be able to escape my own emergency situation.

Now Business Insider has the details on Facebook’s massive security plan, including $10 million just for Mark Zuckerberg himself.

Check some of this stuff out:

Basically the same Secret-Service levels of protection as POTUS.

Armed executive protection officers stand on constant guard outside Zuckerberg’s gated homes in the Bay Area, at least one of which also features a panic room. If he goes to a bar, his team will sweep through ahead of time to make sure it’s safe. They will vet new any new doctors, or trainers if he wants to take up a new hobby. He is driven everywhere, with the security team monitoring traffic and adjusting his route accordingly.

Undercover guards at meetings on the lookout for employees trying beat to him up.

During company all-hands meetings, members of Zuckerberg’s Praetorian Guard sit at the front of the room and are dotted throughout the crowd, just in case an employee tries to rush him. They wear civilian clothes to blend in with non-security employees.

(Excellent historical reference by BI, love the Roman Republic.)

Sneaky intense security on his office complete with car bomb protection.

Zuckerberg doesn’t typically work in a cordoned-off office like a traditional corporate executive. Instead, his regular desk is on the floor of Facebook’s open-plan office, just like everyone one — but executive protection officers sit near his desk while he works, in case of security threats. Facebook’s offices are built above an employee parking lot, but it’s impossible to park directly beneath Zuckerberg’s desk, because of concerns about the risk of car bombs.

And the best part:

THE PANIC CHUTE!

He also has access to a large glass-walled conference room in the middle of the space near his desk, which features bullet-resistant windows and a panic button. There’s also a persistent rumor among Facebook employees that he has a secret “panic chute” his team can evacuate him down to get him out of the office in a hurry.

The truth of this matter remains murky: One source said they had been briefed about the existence of a top-secret exit route through the floor of the conference room into the parking garage, but others said they had no knowledge of it.

Facebook declined to comment on this.

I mean I know the “details are murky” and this is supposed to be “allegedly” because it’s just a rumor but like, this is not a rumor, Mark Zuckerberg has a secret escape tunnel under his conference room.  And that is FUCKING AWESOME.  Probably the first time I’ve ever thought Zuck was cool in my life.  (Ever since that little booster-seat fiasco we’ve been a little cold on his coolness factor.)

“Needing a panic chute secret underground escape tunnel” is the ultimate “I’m rich and powerful and surrounded by haters” statement.  Good for Zuck.  Wave to the haters from your panic chute brotha.

When Karen from Minnetonka shows up at HQ after hearing you sold her social security number to China again:

(via Business Insider)