Manhattan murder frightens executives everywhere

Many companies view investor meetings such as the one that the UnitedHealthcare boss was walking to as security risks because they are highly publicised.

This image provided by the New York City Police Department shows a man wanted for questioning in connection to the investigation of the killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel. AP

Adam Geller and Cathy Bussewitz

Dec 6, 2024 – 5.20pm

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New York | He’s one of the most famous and widely admired corporate leaders in the world. But it’s the haters that companies such as Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta worry about.

In an era when online anger and social tensions are increasingly directed at the businesses consumers count on, Meta last year spent $US24.4 million ($38 million) on guards, alarms and other measures to keep Zuckerberg and the company’s former chief operating officer safe.