As Fb transitions its company branding and organizes round a “metaverse” future, a lot of high-profile execs have been leaving the corporate.
Final week, former Messenger boss and present crypto czar David Marcus introduced he was leaving on the finish of the 12 months. In the present day, Meta’s present chief of the Messenger division Stan Chudnovsky introduced he will likely be leaving Meta “in some unspecified time in the future in Q2 of subsequent 12 months.”
Chudnovsky joined Fb in early 2015 as Head of Product for Messenger, later changing into chief of the division in mid-2018. Earlier than becoming a member of Fb, Chudnovsky had co-founded the enterprise agency NFX and had served as PayPal’s VP of Development after the corporate acquired his software program startup IronPearl in 2013.
“I’ve been working nonstop since I used to be 16, with about two-week breaks between my initiatives – all the time both beginning firms, beginning a enterprise fund (NFX), or working firms, merging firms, investing in firms, or working at firms,” Chudnovsky mentioned in his Fb put up saying his plans. “I’ve no plans to retire, however I’m wanting ahead to taking a superb, many months lengthy break…”
After Chudnovsky leaves his function, his colleague Loredana Crisan will take over. Crisan joined the Messenger group in 2016 and beforehand led design at Indiegogo.