Sheryl Sandberg at the Facebook Communities Summit 2019. Image: Meta.
Sheryl Sandberg, current chief operating officer (COO) of Meta, announced yesterday in a Facebook post her departure for this fall.
She is expected to be replaced by the group’s current growth director, Javier Olivan. Information confirmed by the CEO and founder of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg.
A new COO and a new role
The future COO will lead the integration of Meta’s advertising and commerce products, in addition to continuing to lead its infrastructure, integrity, analytics, marketing, business development teams. and growth.
According to Mark Zuckerberg, Javier Olivan will have “a more traditional role of COO” than that of Sheryl Sandberg, focused on the internal and the operational.
“I think Meta has reached the point where it makes sense for our product and our different businesses to be more integrated with each other, instead of having business and operational functions on one side and products on the other. “explains the CEO.
Meta has changed in 14 years
Sheryl Sandberg joined Facebook to assist Mark Zuckerberg in 2008. But “the debate around social media has changed dramatically since its inception,” she wrote on Wednesday.
This departure comes as Meta attempts to reinvent itself. While traditionally collecting social media platforms, the group now wants to turn to the metaverse.
At the same time, the social media giant is under pressure over its content moderation policy: it faces the daunting task of stemming malicious or harmful content without inappropriately censoring speech.
Sheryl Sandberg plans to focus more on her foundation and philanthropic work after she leaves the company. “I still believe so strongly in our mission and I am honored to be able to continue to serve on Meta’s board of directors,” she adds.
Source: ZDNet.com