Facebook sans Sandberg is more vision than company

FILE PHOTO: Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, attends the "Choose France" summit at the Chateau de Versailles, near Paris, January 22, 2018.

FILE PHOTO: Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, attends the "Choose France" summit at the Chateau de Versailles, near Paris, January 22, 2018.

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1 Jun 2022 | By   Follow @GinaChon
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While the social network had problems under its departing COO, it at least had a business model and a top-tier executive who could sell it to investors. Amid slowing ad sales and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s pivot to the metaverse, Sheryl Sandberg’s exit comes at a poor time.

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