<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1654112966437,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000162-07af-d172-a563-4fefeeac0001","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1654112966437,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000162-07af-d172-a563-4fefeeac0001","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_54107141", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1023849"} }); ","_id":"00000181-20d0-d85a-a9cf-fad5cf690000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedSheryl Sandberg is stepping down as chief operating officer of Meta, she announced Wednesday in a Facebook post.
Sandberg joined the company in 2008 and worked with CEO Mark Zuckerberg to make it one of the biggest companies in the world.
She is leaving the tech giant to focus on her nonprofit organization, the Lean In Foundation, and other philanthropic work.
Zuckerberg said Wednesday in his own Facebook post that he doesn’t intend to replace Sandberg, as he believes it’s time for the company’s product and business teams to be “more closely integrated” and will instead elevate a number of other executives within the company.
“When I took this job in 2008, I hoped I would be in this role for five years. Fourteen years later, it is time for me to write the next chapter of my life,” Sandberg wrote.
“I am not entirely sure what the future will bring – I have learned no one ever is. But I know it will include focusing more on my foundation and philanthropic work, which is more important to me than ever given how critical this moment is for women,” she added.
Sandberg will leave Facebook and its parent company Meta over the next few months and will officially exit in the fall of 2022 but will remain on the board of directors of the company.
