Meta Policy Chief Joel Kaplan to Exit After 15 Years, Handing Duties to 2 Executives
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 20
Meta Policy Chief Joel Kaplan to Exit After 15 Years, Handing Duties to 2 Executives
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 20
Summary
Joel Kaplan, 57, said he will leave Meta after 15 years, staying through the U.S. midterm elections before departing sometime next year.
Meta will split his responsibilities between Dina Powell McCormick and chief legal officer C.J. Mahoney, two Zuckerberg hires brought in this January.
Kaplan led Meta’s Washington policy operation for more than a decade and recently helped deepen the company’s ties with the Trump administration as Zuckerberg became a visible Trump ally.
His exit adds to a broader leadership reshuffle at Meta, which moved communications chief David Ginsberg to an AI role last month and hired Alexandr Wang last year to lead AI development.