Tony Xu Joins Meta As Board Member Effective Immediately
Tony Xu joins Mark Zuckerberg as Board member of Meta starting today. Other prominent names include Peggy Alford, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, PayPal Holdings, Inc, Peter A. Thiel, Founders Fund, Drew Houston, Co-Founder and CEO, Dropbox, Inc amongst others.
Co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, Tony Xu has been chosen to join the board members of Meta, earlier known as Facebook. As per the decision taken by Meta, Tony Xu will be taking up this position effective immediately. Along with all his other professional accomplishments, This will be another noteworthy feat in Tony’s career. He will be the newest member on board and will join the other 9 reputed members aboard Meta’s leadership platform.
More on Tony Xu
Tony Xu has been on the board member panel of DoorDash ever since May 2013. With an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Tony Xu has led DoorDash in a highly impressive and efficient manner for all these years. He also has a B.S in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research – University of California, Berkeley
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, said, “Tony has built a great service for millions of people to get food and more from hundreds of thousands of restaurants and small businesses. I’ve always thought it’s important to have great tech leaders on our board, and Tony has direct experience both running a tech company and solving complex challenges in commerce. I look forward to learning from his perspective as we build towards the metaverse.
Millions of local merchants use Meta’s tools to grow and run their businesses every month. I look forward to working with the board as the company enters the next stage of its journey, said Xu.
Current Board members for Meta
- Mark Zuckerberg-CEO Meta
- Peggy Alford, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, PayPal Holdings, Inc.
- Marc L. Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz
- Drew Houston, Co-Founder and CEO, Dropbox, Inc.
- Nancy Killefer, Retired Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
- Robert M. Kimmitt, Meta’s Lead Independent Director and Senior International Counsel at WilmerHale LLP
- Sheryl K. Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Meta
- Peter A. Thiel, Founders Fund
- Tracey T. Travis, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.
- Tony Xu, Co-Founder and CEO, DoorDash, Inc.
With such a strong captainship, Meta is without doubt, on a path of success to building a new future towards the metaverse. The doors to a universal virtual world will soon be exploding with new potential led by some of the most brilliant heads together.