Facebook-owner Meta Platforms' Sheryl Sandberg to leave after 14 years


Sheryl Sandberg COO of Facebook and current chair of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism GIFCT gives a news conference on the sidelines during the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City New York U.S. September 23 2019. REUTERSYana PaskovaFiles

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and current chair of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), gives a news conference on the sidelines during the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Yana Paskova/Files

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, whose close partnership with Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg powered the growth of the world's biggest social network, is leaving the company after 14 years, she said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

The announcement initially sent the social media firm's shares down 4%, but the stock was nearly flat in after hours trade.

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