Sheryl Sandberg to Step Down as COO of Facebook Parent Company Meta

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, speaks during the Digital-Life-Design confernce in Munich, Germany, on Jan. 20, 2019. Lino Mirgeler/AFP/Getty Images

Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook’s parent company Meta, said on Wednesday that she’s leaving this fall after 14 years with the company.

“Over the next few months, Mark [Zuckerberg] and I will transition my direct reports and I will leave the company this fall,” she said in a long statement on social media.