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by est31 696 days ago
Zuckerberg is a famous person though, and famous people can't go to places which are sufficiently open to the public without causing major issues.

A random billionaire nobody knows might walk around the Colosseum undetected, but try doing that with a profile like Zuckerberg's.

Also, there is the personal security concern. If you are rich, you have a lot of ability to pay kidnappers of you and your family.

There is the story that shortly after Pichai became Google CEO, he walked around a conference and he barely got recognized, but if you stay in the limelight for long enough, people recognize you.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mathonan/searching-for-...