Former operating chief Sheryl Sandberg is to step from board of directors at Meta Platforms, after quitting COO role in 2022.
Sheryl Sandberg, the former chief operating officer of both Meta Platforms and Facebook, and one of the most high profile woman in the tech industry, is to step down from Meta's board of directors.
She confirmed her departure from Meta's board in a Facebook post, and it comes after she resigned from the chief operating officer position back in 2022.
Sandberg, aged 54, had joined Meta in 2008, when it was still a relatively small company and Mark Zuckerberg was then a youthful 23 year-old Harvard dropout.
Prior to that she had worked at Google for seven years.
In 2012 Sandberg was appointed to Facebook's board of directors, and she was credited with ensuring that the day-to-day operations of the social networking giant were as smooth as possible.
Sandberg played a notable role dealing with the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal in 2018.
Sandberg was also credited with turning Facebook advertising business into a revenue generating powerhouse, and assisted as the company grew with the acquisitions of Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger.
In June 2022 Sandberg announced that after 14 years, she was stepping down as chief operating officer of both Meta and Facebook.
She confirmed at the time that she would remain on the board of directors, but would focus on her foundation and philanthropic work in the future.
Then in a Facebook post on Wednesday, Sandberg confirmed she would not stand for the board reelection this May, but would leave Meta.
Mark Zuckerberg was the first to comment on the post and thank her for her service and commitment.
Sheryl Sandberg's stint at Meta and Facebook has not been without some testing times for her personally.
In 2015, Sandberg's husband David Goldberg died suddenly in a freak accident whilst they both were on holiday at a Mexican resort.
Goldberg suffered severe head trauma and blood loss after he slipped and fell off of a treadmill in the hotel's gym.
Seven years after the loss of her husband, Sandberg re-married.
Sandberg was also dragged into a row in 2018 over Washington-based PR firm that Facebook hired to allegedly smear critics of the firm.
This Cyber News was published on www.silicon.co.uk. Publication date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:43:04 +0000