Facebook Advertising Boss Carolyn Everson Leaving the Social-Media Company
June 09 2021 - 1:47PM
Dow Jones News
By Sarah E. Needleman
Carolyn Everson, Facebook Inc.'s head of global advertising
sales and one of the ad industry's most powerful executives, said
she is leaving the company.
Ms. Everson spent more than a decade at Facebook and helped the
social-media company grow into a global ad behemoth. Ad revenue
accounted for $84.2 billion of Facebook's nearly $86 billion of
revenue last year.
"I am extremely proud of what we set out to accomplish but way
more proud of my team and the support we showed each other,
especially in difficult times," Ms. Everson said in a post on her
Facebook page. "I always said no one will ever mention at my
funeral the amount of revenue I oversaw. But hopefully one day
someone will say my legacy at Facebook was in how I showed up for
my team, for our clients and for our industry."
Ms. Everson's departure comes after Facebook earlier this month
appointed Marne Levine, a longtime lieutenant to operating chief
Sheryl Sandberg, to the newly created role of chief business
officer. The new business officer role oversees the company's
advertising business and global partnerships.
Facebook said Nicola Mendelsohn will be the interim leader of
the global business group that Ms. Everson managed. Ms. Mendelsohn
had oversight of the group's Europe, Middle East and Africa region
and has been at Facebook for more than eight years.
"We wish Carolyn the best as she moves into a new chapter," a
Facebook spokeswoman said. "We are grateful for her
contributions."
Write to Sarah E. Needleman at sarah.needleman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 09, 2021 14:33 ET (18:33 GMT)
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