Facebook tech chief and Zuckerberg’s shut good friend Mike Schroepfer to step down

Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is stepping down from the social media firm, taking up a part-time position whereas longtime govt Andrew Bosworth will exchange him subsequent yr.

Schroepfer, generally known as “Schrep,” has been at Facebook for 13 years and is a close friend of CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He called his decision difficult “because of how much I love Facebook and how excited I am about the future we are building together” however added that his new position will let him give attention to private and philanthropic efforts whereas staying linked to Facebook.

The transition will occur someday in 2022.

Bosworth, generally known as “Boz,” is one other longtime Facebook exec and a detailed good friend of Zuckerberg’s. He has most just lately been answerable for Facebook’s augmented actuality and digital actuality efforts, in addition to {hardware} merchandise resembling Oculus and Portal, Facebook’s video calling gadget.

“As our subsequent CTO, Boz will proceed main Facebook Reality Labs and overseeing our work in augmented actuality, digital actuality and extra, and as a part of this transition just a few different teams will be a part of Boz’s staff as properly,” Zuckerberg wrote in a memo to Facebook staff that was posted online. “This is all foundational to our broader efforts helping to build the metaverse, and I’m excited about the future of this work under Boz’s leadership.”

Schroepfer’s transition comes amid relentless challenges for Facebook which have ranged from issues about extremism, vaccine and election-related misinformation spreading on its platforms, regulatory strain on competitors, antitrust points and person privateness amongst different points.

Another longtime govt, Fidji Simo, left Facebook over the summer season to turn into CEO of Instacart.

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