Sheryl Sandberg, who helped turn Facebook into digital advertising empire, to leave company board
- Sandberg left Google to join Facebook in 2008, 4 years before the company went public and was the number 2 executive at Meta under CEO Mark Zuckerberg
- She stepped down as COO of Meta in 2022 but remained a member of the company board. Sandberg said she will continue to serve as an adviser to Meta
Sheryl Sandberg, who helped to transform Facebook from a tech start-up into a digital advertising empire, will step down from the board of Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
“With a heart filled with gratitude and a mind filled with memories, I let the Meta board know that I will not stand for re-election this May,” Sandberg wrote in a Facebook post.
She stepped down as chief operating officer of Meta in 2022 but remained a member of the company board. She had served as COO of Facebook, and then Meta, for 14-and-a-half years and as a board member for 12 years.
“Under Mark’s leadership, Javi Olivan, Justin Osofsky, Nicola Mendelsohn and their teams have proven beyond a doubt that the Meta business is strong and well-positioned for the future, so this feels like the right time to step away,” Sandberg wrote.
