Wealth and income are very different concepts, however. The first result on Google says that he earned $25M (total comp.) last year from Facebook. While the ori

Wealth and income are very different concepts, however. The first result on Google says that he earned $25M (total comp.) last year from Facebook. While the original comment states that FB provides the security detail, so it is not a personal liability of his, an amount equal to half of your purported income from said business is still quite significant and not something you would ignore if a tax benefit is present. Especially when you have that kind of money to hire the best tax professionals around to take care of it for you.