Sheryl Sandberg, former chief operating officer and current director at Meta Platforms Inc, announced her decision to step down from the board later this year.
In a post on Meta’s flagship Facebook, Sandberg expressed gratitude and reminisced about her journey with the company, from its startup days to “becoming a digital-advertising powerhouse”.
Sandberg will continue to support Meta as an advisor, emphasising her ongoing commitment to assisting the company’s teams, she wrote on Facebook, Reuters reported.
“Meta business is strong and well-positioned for the future, so this feels like the right time to step away,” Sandberg said in the post, adding that she will serve as an adviser to the company.
Responding to Sandberg, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he looks forward to “a new chapter together”.
Sandberg’s decision came in 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 position as Meta’s operations chief in 2022.
Sandberg, once second-in-command to founder Zuckerberg, was one of the most visible executives at the company and the lead architect of its often-criticized ads-based business model.
She has also been a staunch defender of Facebook over the course of its many controversies, consistently arguing that executives were learning from their mistakes and honing the company’s tools to better police against harmful content.
Prior to joining Facebook, Sandberg was vice president of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google and chief of staff for the United States Treasury Department under former President Bill Clinton.
A Harvard University graduate, Sandberg is the author of several books, including the 2013 feminist manifesto “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”.
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