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

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…