Sheryl Sandeberg, Meta # 2 (Facebook), resigns

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer (Coo) of Meta Platforms,

wrote on social media that she will leave the company in the fall, after 14 years.

"

. Fourteen years later, it's time to write the next chapter of my life. I'm not entirely sure what the future will bring - I've learned that nobody ever is. But I know it will include

, which is more important to me than ever, given how critical this moment is for women. "

Javier Olivan will take over as Meta's chief operating officer, taking over from Sheryl Sandberg, Mark Zuckerberg announced.

- he wrote - “After 14 years, my dear friend and partner Sheryl Sandberg will step down as COO of Meta.

, I was only 23 and didn't know almost nothing about running a business We had built a great product - the Facebook site - but

we still didn't have a profitable company and were struggling to move from a small startup to a real organization.

, she hired great people, forged our management culture and taught me how to run a business.

You have created opportunities for millions of people around the world, and you have the credit for much of what you are Meta today. "

Zuckerberg said that “this role will be different from what Sheryl did.

It will be a more traditional Coo role in which Javi will focus internally and operationally, building on her solid experience in making our business more efficient and rigorous. "

Although Sandberg has long been Zuckerberg's number 2, sitting often next to him - at least before the pandemic - at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California,

as the problems of women in the workplace and, more recently, abortion.

After the announcement of Sandberg's step back, Meta closed down on Wall Street.

Stocks are down 2.58%.