Javier Olivan will be the new number two of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, after Sheryl Sandberg, the current head of operations has announced her resignation.
Has been mark zuckerberg, creator and main owner of the company, who has announced his replacement in a message on Facebook announcing what he has called “the end of an era” in his company. Sandberg, the most powerful executive in Silicon Valley and the real business brain of the group, is leaving after 14 years at the corporation, and as Zuckerberg pointed out in his post “after teaching her how to run a company” and being her friend for many years.
Zuckerberg and Sandberg, both Jews, met at a party for investors looking to shelter the young brain and safeguard their investment when Facebook had just moved from Harvard to Silicon Valley. She arrived endorsed by former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and preceded by her work at Google.
Sandberg, who has so far managed to emerge unscathed from the scandals that have dotted the company, is considered an inspiring leader for many women, thanks to her books on female leadership (Lean in) and how she overcame the death of her husband (Option B), from a vascular accident during a vacation in Mexico. The executive, who will take over from her next fall, has leaked that she wants to dedicate herself to her philanthropic work and will continue on the executive board of the company that she grew.
It’s the end of an era. After 14 years, my good friend and partner Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as COO of Meta….
Posted by mark zuckerberg on Wednesday, June 1, 2022
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Olivan, who has developed the Ads business and the group’s business platform and who is in charge of developing the Metaverse, the group’s big bet, will be the next head of operations, according to Zuckerberg. He will also go on to lead infrastructure, integrity, analytics, marketing, corporate development and team development. According to the Facebook founder, his role will be “more than a traditional operations manager.”
Oliván, an engineer from Huesca who studied at Stanford and worked in Germany and Japan, joined Facebook when it was still emerging and was in charge of international business development.