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Sheryl Sandberg’s mixed legacy at Meta

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🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The executive, who turned Facebook into a profitable business, leaves behind a series of controversies. Recode senior correspondent Shirin Ghaffary explains. Read Shirin’s story: https://www.vox.com/recode/23151743/sheryl-sandberg-resigns-meta-facebook-lean-in Today’s episode was produced by Taylor Maycan, engineered by Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions) and hosted by Adam Clark Estes. Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:20.1

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0:22.8

Last week, the company formerly known as Facebook got some huge news from one of its top leaders.

0:33.1

Cheryl Sandberg announced that she will be stepping down from her role as the Chief Operating Officer

0:38.1

of Meta. Sandberg has been Chief Operating Officer at the social media giant for 14 years and

0:43.7

will continue to serve on the company's board. She officially resigns in the fall of 2022,

0:49.0

and the news is a big deal because Sandberg was one of the highest-powered executives in the

0:53.9

entire tech industry and sort of only second to Mark Zuckerberg in terms of her power at Facebook.

1:00.6

That's Rico Senior Correspondent Cherine Kafari, and in the day since Cheryl Sandberg announced

1:05.6

her departure, Cherine has been thinking about the legacy she'll lead behind. And well, let's just

1:11.8

say it's complicated. She helped you mature Facebook from a fledgling little startup into the,

1:18.8

you know, massively profitable business it is today. And she also was one of the few female leaders

1:32.7

in the tech industry, which is still heavily led by men. So on the one hand, she is a glass

1:40.2

ceiling breaker and a really successful executive. On the other hand, she has been at the center of

1:48.0

a lot of controversies and she's definitely had some PR blunders. So I think time will tell,

1:53.3

you know, ultimately what her final legacy will be.

2:00.6

Was it a big surprise to anyone that Cheryl Sandberg decided to leave meta now,

2:04.8

and is there a reason why she chose now? Why this year?

2:08.8

Yeah, this is a question that she's been getting a lot, apparently. She said recently,

2:12.8

people asked me all day yesterday, why now? Why now? Why now is because it's time to write the next

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