In the past year, Facebook was renamed Meta , and the idea of the metaverse - the world of augmented and virtual reality - became the company's new priority. Along with the new name, Meta has acquired a new strategy, and there have been major changes in the composition of its management, which are not always positive.
CNBC has released a list of Meta's most notable executives who left the company in 2021 or announced plans to leave in the coming months.
Deborah Liu, head of Facebook Marketplace, resigned in February to become head of genealogy Ancestry.com.
David Fischer, director of revenue, resigned in March. He headed the advertising business, was responsible for organizing sales around the world. Left the company in preparation for the iOS privacy policy change , which had a negative impact on targeted ads.
Kevin Weil, one of the founders of Facebook's cryptocurrency arm Novi , quit in March. Moved to Planet, a company that makes satellite images of the Earth. Before moving to Facebook, he was VP of Products at Instagram and was involved in the development of Stories.
Hugo Barra, VP of virtual reality, stepped down in May. Prior to Facebook, he was the vice president of the Chinese Xiaomi , and before that he worked as the vice president of products in the Google Android division. He headed the Detect startup specializing in COVID-19 tests.
Carolyn Everson, director of advertising, quit in June. She became president of the grocery delivery company Instacart, but she also quit after three months.
Fidji Simo, head of Facebook App, quit in July to take over Instacart.
Mike Verdu, president of augmented and virtual reality content, stepped down in July to become vice president of game development at Netflix . Previously, he was senior vice president of Electronic Arts.
Mark D'Arcy, Chief Creative Officer, retired in August after over 10 years with the company.
Samidh Chakrabarti, head of civil unity, resigned in September.
Mike Schroepfer, CTO, announced in September that he will leave the post in 2022. Will continue to work in the company in another position.
Brandon Silverman, founder and former head of CrowdTangle, left in October. Joined Facebook in 2016 after acquiring the CrowdTangle tool, which allows you to track the popularity of content on the Internet.
David Marcus, head of Facebook's cryptocurrency division, announced in November that he intended to leave before the end of the year. After two years as President, PayPal joined Facebook, where he first became VP of Messenger, and in 2019 led the Libra and Calibra cryptocurrency projects, which were phased out in 2020.
Julien Codorniou, head of Facebook Workplace business networking, retired in early December. Increased reach of Facebook Workplace to 7 million paying subscribers.
Stan Chudnovsky, head of Messenger, announced his intention to leave in Q2 2022. Leaves after Markus, with whom he worked together at PayPal.
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