Who Quit Facebook in 2021? Here are the Top 14 Executives that Left | Head of FB Marketplace, Chief Revenue Officer, and More

Facebook, now known as Meta, has had quite an interesting 2021 when it comes to keeping senior management individuals. With that, a total of 14 executives left the company and here are their reasons.

Although lower-level positions are easier to fill, senior roles in companies as huge as Facebook, now Meta, are extremely harder to fill. According to the story by CNBC, a total of 14 senior heads at the company have left throughout the span of 2021.

Facebook Heads that Quit

Deborah Liu

• Position: former head of Facebook Marketplace
• What happened after quitting: left to become CEO of Ancenstry.com back in February

David Fischer

• Position: Chief Revenue Officer
• What happened after quitting: after leading the advertising side of business, Fischer quit amidst the company gearing for Apple's privacy changes.

Kevin Weil

• Position: One of the co-founders for Facebook's Novi cryptocurrency
• What happened after quitting: Joined Planet, a satellite imagery company.

Hugo Barra

• Position: VP of Virtual REality
• What happened after quitting: Home sickness as per TechCrunch.
• Notable experience: worked as VP for Xiaomi and VP for Google's Android product management.

Carolyn Everson

• Position: VP of Facebook's global business group
• What happened after quitting: no definite reason.

Fidji Simo

• Position: Head of Facebook app
• What happened after quitting: after quitting, Simo became the CEO of Instacart after leaving the company

Mike Verdu

• Position: VP of augmented and virtual reality content
• What happened after quitting: to join Netflix as VP of game development as per UploadVR
• Notable experience: senior VP of Electronic Arts

Mark D'Arcy

• Position: Chief Creative Officer
• Notable experience: held the role for over 10 years

Samidh Chakrabarti

• Position: Head of Civic Integrity
• Notable experience: Product Management Lead at Google for civic engagement portfolio

Mike Schroepfer

• Position: Chief Technology Officer
• What happened after quitting: Schroepfer announced his plans to vacate his position in 2022, transitioning to a part-time role of senior fellow.

Brandon Silverman

• Position: founder and former CEO of Facebook's CrowdTangle
• Notable experience: Silverman originally joined Facebook through CrowdTangle's acquisition in 2016.

David Marcus

• Position: head of Facebook's cryptocurrency efforts
• Notable experience: worked as the president of PayPal

Julien Codorniou

• Position: Head of Facebook's Workplace
• What happened after quitting: joining a venture firm called Felix Capital

Stan Chudnovsky

• Position: head of Facebook's Messenger division
• Reason for quitting: to have more personal time with friends and family.

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Why are Senior Members Leaving Meta?

With the long list of senior members leaving the company and not a lot providing reasons why, the public can only wonder who will be taking their places. Although Meta, previously Facebook, has been able to add some pretty strong names to their company, it's still a huge question mark as to who they will be hiring next to help the company expand.

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Written by Urian B.