It’s been about two years since Sheryl Sandberg stepped down from the board of Facebook’s parent company, Meta.
As Chief Operating Officer of Meta, Mr. Sandberg was the lead architect of Facebook’s digital advertising-driven business model.
The 54-year-old announced he would step down from his role in June 2022 and step down from the Meta board after his term ends in May.
“The Meta business is strong and well-positioned for the future, so we feel now is the right time to exit,” Sandberg said in a Facebook post, adding that he has asked the company’s advisors to He added that he will take office.
Sandberg joined Facebook from Google in 2008 and will step down as head of operations at Meta in 2022, a position he held for 14 years.
In response to Sandberg, Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg said he looked forward to “a new chapter together.”
Sandberg, once Zuckerberg’s second-in-command, was one of the company’s most visible executives.
While serving as chief operating officer of Mr. Zuckerberg’s social media empire, she covered the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the use of the Facebook platform in organizing the 2021 Capitol riot, and Facebook’s massive success. faced a number of controversies, including continued concerns about mining user data to power its advertising business.
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Prior to joining Facebook, Mr. Sandberg was vice president of global online sales and operations at Google and served as chief of staff at the U.S. Treasury under former President Bill Clinton.
Sandberg, a Harvard graduate, is the author of several books, including the 2013 feminist manifesto “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.”
Source: www.theguardian.com
