Cheryl Sandberg resigns from Meta

Cheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta in the fall.

He became Facebook’s chief operating officer (COO) for 14 years, second only to Mark Zuckerberg. “When I started doing this in 2008, I wanted to do this role for five years,” he wrote on his Facebook page.

“After 14 years, it’s time to write the next chapter in my life.”

Sandberg has grown the social media giant’s advertising business to $ 100 billion a year since its inception. “I’m not sure what the future holds,” she said. “I know I’m going to focus more on foundations and philanthropy. It’s even more important given how important this time is for women.”

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She said she would get married this summer and that raising a family of five would affect her future.
He left Meta in the fall to remain on the company’s board of directors. Meta CEO, Mr. Zuckerberg said there were no plans to replace the company’s existing structure. Javier Olivan will be the new COO, but Zuckerberg says the role will be different from Cheryl.

“Javi will be the traditional role of COO, building on his strong experience in internal and operational concentration and to make our performance more efficient and rigorous,” he said. Mr. Sandberg has been somewhat criticized.

Sandberg has been very active in issues such as meeting politicians, organizing focus groups, gender equality in the workplace and, more recently, abortion.

He has been accused of trying to blame Facebook for his role, especially the January 6 riot in the US Capitol. Shortly after the riots, he said that he believes that today’s events are “many organized on a platform that cannot stop our hatred for lack of standards and transparency.”

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This turned out not to be true. Internal documents released later that year by reporter Francis Haugen revealed that Facebook was concerned about the closure of employees and the company’s frequent response to rising extremism in the United States.

“The conversation on social media has changed imperceptibly since the first day I joined the company,” Sandberg admitted in a Facebook post. “It’s not always easy,” he said.

“It simply came to our notice then. The products we make have a huge impact, so we need to make them in a way that protects the privacy and keeps people safe. ”