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Behind Fidji Simo's surprise departure at Facebook

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Behind Fidji Simo's surprise departure at Facebook

Before Instacart named her CEO, the head of the Facebook app found herself at odds with Mark Zuckerberg

Casey Newton
Jul 8, 2021
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Fidji Simo, then a director of product at Facebook, speaking in Beverly Hills in 2018.

Note: After publishing this story, additional interviews persuaded me that the opening anecdote here is incorrect. I wrote up what I learned in this follow-up post.

In March, during a regular meeting of his top lieutenants, Mark Zuckerberg did something that surprised s…

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