Sheryl Sandberg, instrumental in transforming Facebook into a dominant force in digital advertising, announces departure from company board.
Sheryl Sandberg, the individual who played a crucial role in Facebook’s evolution from a tech startup to a dominant force in digital advertising, has announced her departure from Meta’s board, the parent company of Facebook.
“With a heart full of gratitude and a mind full of memories, I informed the Meta board that I will not run for office in May,” Sandberg wrote on Facebook.
Sandberg left Google to join Facebook in 2008, four years before the company went public. As Meta’s No. 2 under CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sandberg also took a lot of heat for some of its biggest mistakes.
He resigned from Meta’s operational director in 2022, but remained a member of the company’s board. He had been the COO of Facebook and then Meta for 14 and a half years and a member of the board for 12 years.
“Under Mark’s leadership, Javi Oliva, Justin Osofsky, Nicola Mendelsohn and their teams have demonstrated beyond doubt that the Meta business is strong and well-positioned for the future, so now feels like the right time to step back,” Sandberg wrote. .
Sandberg said he will continue as an adviser to the company.
Last year, Sandberg announced that she would launch a girls’ leadership program through her foundation to address what she calls stubborn gender inequality. The girls’ leadership program includes middle school curriculum as well as resources for adults.
Lean In is a project of the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation, a private foundation Sandberg started with her late husband Dave Goldberg.
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