By Clare Duffy | CNN
Former longtime Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg will not remain on the company’s board after her term ends in May, she said in a Facebook post Wednesday.
“With a heart filled with gratitude and a mind filled with memories, I let the Meta board know that I will not stand for reelection this May,” Sandberg said in the post.
Sandberg’s exit comes after she spent more than 14 years as the company’s chief operating officer, in addition to 12 years on its board. Sandberg stepped down from her COO role in the fall of 2022, marking the end of a remarkable tenure during which she helped grow one of the world’s most influential companies and also saw it through significant criticism.
Sandberg said in her post that she would be leaving the Facebook parent company’s board to focus more on philanthropic work but added that she would continue to serve as an advisor to Meta.
Sandberg added in her post that Meta’s current leadership team under CEO Mark Zuckerberg “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.”
“Thank you Sheryl for the extraordinary contributions you have made to our company and community over the years,” Zuckerberg said in a comment on her post. “Your dedication and guidance have been instrumental in driving our success and I am grateful for your unwavering commitment to me and Meta over the years.”
Sandberg’s work via her philanthropic organization, Lean In, is focused on helping women achieve their goals across the workplace and corporate culture, and her book of the same title helped propel her to celebrity when it was published in 2013.
Sandberg’s legacy at Meta
Sandberg was already a high-profile figure in the tech industry when she joined the company, then called Facebook, in 2008, having been Google’s vice president of global online sales and operations. Prior to Google, she had…
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