Google’s top execs taking salaries of only $1 is old news. The cost of protecting them, especially Google CEO Eric Schmidt, is considerably more. Over half a million dollars, $532,755 to be exact, to protect Schmidt. That’s according to company’s latest financial filings, reports the New York Times.

From the key point in the filing on Schmidt:

Consists of $532,755 for personal security, $22,456 in tax gross-ups paid by Google on Eric’s behalf related to aircraft chartered for Google business on which family and friends flew and $531 in aggregate incremental costs incurred by family and friends flying on aircraft chartered for Google business.

Google cofounder Larry Page was paid $33,195 for costs that included security as well as transportation and logistics. Fair to say, Page is deemed less at threat.

Cofounder Sergey Brin apparently had no reimbursed security costs at all.

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