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Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg to leave board amid AI boom

Part of a thinning generation of Silicon Valley female leaders, Sandberg stepped down as chief operating officer of Meta in 2022 — after more than 14 years in the role

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January 17, 2024 at 9:08 p.m. EST
Sheryl Sandberg in 2019. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Former Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg is leaving the company’s board of directors after 12 years, marking the end of her leadership of the transformative — and often controversial — social media giant.

Sandberg, who helped turned the company from a viral social media site for college kids into one of the most profitable digital-advertising businesses in the world, announced she was stepping down from her role as COO in 2022. She left Meta during a difficult financial period marked by multiple rounds of layoffs and revenue losses.