--- title: Sheryl Sandberg Is Stepping Down as Meta's COO description: Sandberg will remain on the board of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. canonical: https://time.com/6183328/meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-06-01T20:20:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:52:42.726Z article:section: Business og:title: Sheryl Sandberg Is Stepping Down as Meta’s COO After 14 Years og:description: Sandberg will remain on the board of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp og:url: https://time.com/6183328/meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5862eb562767b857/698a3272929fad1ec8bf8aa9/meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down-1-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sheryl Sandberg Is Stepping Down as Meta’s COO After 14 Years og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sheryl Sandberg Is Stepping Down as Meta’s COO After 14 Years twitter:description: Sandberg will remain on the board of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5862eb562767b857/698a3272929fad1ec8bf8aa9/meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down-1-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sheryl Sandberg Is Stepping Down as Meta’s COO After 14 Years > Sponsored content. 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Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg Year Ahead Summit in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019.Mark Kauzlarich—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Kurt Wagner and Emily Chang / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Kurt Wagner and Emily Chang / Bloomberg Jun 1, 2022 8:20 PM CUT Meta Platforms Inc.’s Sheryl Sandberg, who became one of the most recognized figures in global business after helping Facebook transform from a startup into a multibillion-dollar advertising powerhouse, is stepping down as chief operating officer. Sandberg, 52, will remain on the board of [Meta](https://time.com/6111389/facebook-new-name-meta/ "undefined"), the parent company of [Facebook](https://time.com/6147458/facebook-africa-content-moderation-employee-treatment/ "undefined"), [Instagram](https://time.com/6126568/instagram-adam-mosseri-testimony/ "undefined") and [WhatsApp](https://time.com/6080450/facebook-whatsapp-content-moderators/ "undefined"), according to a post on the social network Wednesday. Javier Olivan, who has led the company’s growth efforts for years, will take Sandberg’s place as COO when she formally steps down in the fall. **Read More:** [_Sheryl Sandberg: Option B and Life After Grief_](https://time.com/sheryl-sandberg-option-b/ "undefined") Sandberg joined [Facebook](https://time.com/6147458/facebook-africa-content-moderation-employee-treatment/ "undefined") in 2008 and was key to turning it into a social media giant that generated almost $120 billion in revenue last year. Along the way, she became an influential author—publishing “Lean In” in 2013—and served as the highest-profile face of the company next to Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. She also answered for Facebook’s privacy and policy missteps over the years, attempting to improve its relationship with the public and regulators. In an interview with Bloomberg, [Sandberg](https://time.com/3845317/dave-goldberg-sheryl-sandberg-death-love/ "undefined") called her time at Meta the “honor and privilege of a lifetime,” but joked that it’s also “not the most manageable job anyone has ever had.” **Read more:** [_Inside Frances Haugen’s Decision to Take on Facebook_](https://time.com/6121931/frances-haugen-facebook-whistleblower-profile/ "undefined") “It’s a decision I didn’t come to lightly, but it’s been 14 years,” she said on Wednesday. “I want to make more room to do more philanthropically, to do more with my foundation.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6183328/meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6183328/meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down/"},"headline":"Sheryl Sandberg Is Stepping Down as Meta’s COO After 14 Years","datePublished":"2022-06-01T20:20:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:52:42.726Z","description":"Sandberg will remain on the board of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.","url":"https://time.com/6183328/meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down/","keywords":["facebook","Tech","Social Media","Companies","wire","biztech2030","bloomberg wire"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5862eb562767b857/698a3272929fad1ec8bf8aa9/meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down-1-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kurt Wagner and Emily Chang / Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5862eb562767b857/698a3272929fad1ec8bf8aa9/meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down-1-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sheryl Sandberg Is Stepping Down as Meta’s COO After 14 Years","caption":"meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down","creditText":"Mark Kauzlarich—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/facebook/","name":"facebook"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6183328/meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-steps-down/","name":"Sheryl Sandberg Is Stepping Down as Meta’s COO After 14 Years"}}]}] ```