Directors & Boards reported on CEO security trends based on WTW’s analysis of S&P 500 proxy statements filed as of June 5, 2025. Among the key takeaways:
- Disclosure of CEO security has more than doubled in the past 10 years to 37% in 2024 (2025 filings) from 18% in 2014, while the median value has increased from $28,500 in 2014 to nearly $80,000 in 2024.
- Larger companies are much more likely to disclose executive security benefits – 64% of S&P companies with more than $30 billion in revenues compared to 16% of such companies with less than $6 billion in revenues.
- Personal security is the most commonly disclosed type of security, as shown here:
- With respect to the use of corporate aircraft specifically, nearly one-third of companies this season (for fiscal 2024) cited safety or security to support such use compared to 23% in 2023. The percentage of companies disclosing that use of corporate aircraft is required or encouraged also increased season over season from 14% in 2023 to 20% in 2024.
- Notably, nearly 40% of companies with a CEO security program disclosed having conducted a security risk assessment (14% of the S&P 500), most commonly by an independent or third party firm.
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This post first appeared in the weekly Society Alert!