This was an year of great change. Facebook.

It was reborn as MetaIt was the first major name change for the company since Facebook eliminated “the” in its 2005 name. It also revealed that the company would be shifting its focus towards building the metaverse, an internet world with virtual and augmented realities experiences.

Major changes were made to the company’s leadership, including a new name and strategic shifts.

Many senior executives left the company in 2021, or indicated plans to leave in the next few months. It spanned all aspects of the business, including its Novi cryptocurrency unit and Facebook’s Workplace business application software.

Below is a listing of Facebook’s notable departures for 2021. They are listed by the date they were made public.

Deborah Liu, formerly head of Facebook Marketplace, left in February to become CEO of Ancestry.com.

David FischerChief Revenue Officer was John, announcedHis departure was in March. Fischer was the head of advertising at the company and also managed its global sales organisation. He left Facebook as Facebook began to grow. privacy changes to Apple’s iOS that made it more difficult for the companyYou can find more information here deliver personalized ads.

Facebook’s June announcement that Marne Leevine was vice president of global partnership and an old friend of Facebook COO, had been named. Sheryl SandbergFischer’s successor, he would become chief business officer.

Kevin Weil, one of the co-founders of Facebook’s Novi cryptocurrency division, leftIn March. He was a member of the satellite imagery company Planet. went public1.

Weil played a central role in Facebook’s attempts to create a cryptocurrency as well as a digital wallet. Novi was the wallet that finally went live earlier in this year. It is powered by technology developed by Weil. Coinbase. The public is still not able to access the currency which has been run now by an independent organization and is known as Diem.

Weil joined Facebook’s crypto team in January. He was also vice president for product. Stories shows full-screen photos as well as videos, and they disappear within 24 hours.

Hugo BarraThe vice president of virtual realities, Barra, has since left Facebook. Barra, who was previously vice president of Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi, had been an important hire for Facebook. XiaomiAnd before that, as vice president, Android product management Google.

Barra was interviewed earlier in the month. announcedHe was the CEO of Detect, a Covid-19 test startup.

Carolyn EversonShe was the main face for large advertisers. In June she stated that she would be leaving her post as vice-president of Facebook’s international business group. Everson announced her resignation after Levine was promoted and made chief business officer. Everson was a former employee of Fischer and they worked together.

Everson left to go to Instacart after her departure. in AugustTo serve as the president of the company’s grocery delivery service. Her time with Instacart was brief — three months later she announced her departure.

Everson worked for Facebook more than 10 years and was the second-most well-known female executive after Sandberg.

Fidji Simo, who was head of the Facebook app for the last two years, became CEO of Instacart after leaving Facebook in July. Simo was a company employee for ten years. She rose from product marketing and became one of the most respected female executives at Facebook. Her key roles included autoplaying videos and livestreaming. She also helped to create the Facebook Watch video streaming product.

Mike VerduHe was Facebook’s Vice President of Augmented and Virtual Reality Content. leftTo join in July NetflixAs vice president for game development. Verdu left the company after only two years. He worked with Oculus VR headsets content. Formerly, he was a senior vice-president at Electronic Arts.

Mark D’ArcyFormer chief creative officer stepped downHe resigned from the role in August, after more than 10 year tenure with the company.

Samidh ChakrabartiThe Facebook ex-head for civic integrity was a former employee. He resigned in September. Chakrabarti was the founder of Facebook’s civic integrity organization. This group was responsible for making sure its services are safe for civic engagement. The team played an important role in Facebook’s handling of U.S. Presidential Election 2020. it was disbandedIn December 2020, right before the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. capital.

Chakrabarti, who resigned in March 2011, has been one of the most vocal former Facebook executives. TwitterCommenting frequently on company-related topics

Mike SchroepferHe announced in September that his role as chief tech officer would end in 2022. As a senior fellow at Facebook, he will assist with its projects in artificial Intelligence and recruitment and development of technical talent.

Since August 2008, when he was appointed vice president for engineering at Facebook, Schroepfer is a Facebook employee. According to his LinkedIn profile, he’s the CTO of Facebook since March 2013.

Andrew Bosworth (currently the head of Facebook’s Hardware division) will succeed Schroepfer to be CTO. Bosworth’s elevation is a sign of how important hardware will be in Facebook’s future. This is especially true as the company focuses on the building of the metaverse.

Brandon SilvermanCrowdTangle’s founder and ex-CEO, left in October. Silverman joined Facebook as a result of CrowdTangle being acquired in 2016, an analytics tool which can be used for tracking popular posts via Facebook.

David Marcus, the head of Facebook’s cryptocurrency efforts, announced in November that he’ll be leaving at the end of the year.

Marcus joined the company August 2014. He had been president for two years. PayPal. He was the first person he worked for at Facebook as Vice President in Charge of Messenger. In May 2018, he launched Facebook’s Financial Projects Unit.

Marcus spearheadedThe creation of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency and Calibra digital wallet, June 2019. It was intended that both of these projects would go live in 2020. After fierce opposition from regulators and lawmakers, neither project saw daylight in 2020.

Julien Codorniou, who had been the head of Facebook’s Workplace business communications software, said in early December that he had joined venture firm Felix Capital.

Codorniou has been the leader of Workplace since its launch in 2016. He joined Facebook as a director for the platform partnerships team five years prior to that. The product’s reach grew during Codorniou’s tenure as Workplace manager. 7 million paid subscribers. 

Stan Chudnovsky, the head of the company’s Messenger division, announced in December that he’ll be leaving in the second quarter of 2022. As head of Messenger product, he joined Facebook in 2015.

Marcus had announced his intention to quit Facebook a week earlier. The two had worked closely together at PayPal before moving to Messenger. Messenger was taken over by Marcus Chudnovsky in May 2018.

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