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独家:雪莉·桑德伯格透露离职原因

独家:雪莉·桑德伯格透露离职原因

Phil Wahba,Alyson shontell 2022-06-07
桑德伯格在上周三发布了令人吃惊的声明:自己将在秋季离开这家社交媒体公司的领导层,但仍将担任Meta的董事。

“感觉就像回到了在办公室的往昔时光……”桑德伯格借着她与扎克伯格最近的一张合影,提前祝扎克伯格“生日快乐”。图片来源:COURTESY OF META

上周末,雪莉·桑德伯格决定离开Meta公司,为自己14年的全球最知名女性高管身份画上了句号,并表示将重新投身维权事业,而此时此刻,女性生育权正处于岌岌可危的状态。

这位52岁的高管在接受《财富》杂志采访时表示,在历史上的这个关键时刻,Meta的工作让她无暇顾及其他重要事务。她在2013年的畅销书《向前一步》(Lean in)中为女性摇旗呐喊,并告诉她们如何在领导层中发挥更大的作用。

桑德伯格说:“在从事这份工作后,我基本没有多少时间来做自己想做的其他事情。鉴于此刻对女性来说是那么关键,这对于我来说也是非常重要的时刻,因为我能够在我的慈善事业、我的基金会中投入更多的精力。”美国最高法院欲推翻罗“罗诉韦德案”(Roe v Wade)的可能性也为女性维权事业带来了一丝紧迫感。

在这家社交媒体从初创企业发展为数字广告行业主导者的过程中,桑德伯格居功至伟,她在上周三发布了令人吃惊的声明:自己将在秋季离开这家社交媒体公司的领导层,但仍将担任Meta的董事(Meta如今是Facebook、Instagram和WhatsApp的母公司)。多年来,担任首席运营官的桑德伯格一直是Facebook创始人马克·扎克伯格的副指挥官,她离职后,其职位将由哈维尔·奥利万接替。

桑德伯格于2008年加入Meta(2021年之前名为Facebook),通常在这家公司扮演着“大人”角色,该公司去年的营收达到了1200亿美元。在这一过程中,损害控制成为了她的必要职责,例如处理隐私领域以及Facebook网站误导信息传播所导致的内容审核争议。最近,她不得不针对新闻报道的指控做出反击,该报道称桑德伯格向英国报纸《每日邮报》(Daily Mail)施压,要求其搁置关于她前男友、动视暴雪(Activision Blizzard.)首席执行官鲍比·科蒂克的不利报道。一位Meta发言人称,科提克事件自那之后便结束了,并非是桑德伯格选择在此时离职的原因。

当被问及扎克伯格对其辞去首席运营官一职作何感想时,桑德伯格说:“他当时就像往常一样,非常非常支持。”她将其与扎克伯格共事的时光称之为“一生的荣耀与荣幸。”她还说:“马克和我的关系非常好,而且我们俩在很久之前就很熟了。”桑德伯格表示,她是在阵亡将士纪念日周末经过漫长的思考之后才做出了这一决定,而且随即就告诉了扎克伯格。(为遵守美国证券交易委员会的规定,她在周三公开发布了这一声明,以便为公司留出4天的时间来宣布高管层的重大变动。)

2008年,桑德伯格于离开谷歌,加入了当时还是初创公司的Facebook,之后她迅速帮助Facebook实现了专业化,并将其业务拓展至广告等领域。上个季度,公司广告业务的销售额达到了270亿美元。这样,扎克伯格便可全身心地去开发产品。公司于去年更名为Meta,为的是在新出现的元宇宙世界树立品牌旗帜。(公司在周二宣布,将在下周把股票代码从FB更名为META。)Meta的元宇宙平台总计拥有10亿用户。

桑德伯格在回忆加入Facebook之前与其已故丈夫的对话时提到,她的想法是在公司呆5年。当被问及为什么选择在Meta四面楚歌(立法者的批评和审查,隐私问题导致广告业务陷入困境)的现在辞职时,她说:“没有完美的时刻。大家都知道,广告业务没有终点或起点,也没有完美无瑕的事情,而且元宇宙也没有特别或确定的章节。”

桑德伯格说,她没有在其他公司担任首席执行官的打算。她说:“我会真正关注接下来要做的事情。下一步我将做慈善事业,而且将留在公司董事会。我现在已经有了一位正在打理慈善事业的负责人。”

她的Lean In基金会已经发起了6万个捐赠圈,其中包括多个旨在实现个人和职业目标的互助妇女组织。桑德伯格在2015年丈夫大卫·哥尔德伯格去世之后撰写了一篇悼文,其真挚的笔触收到了众多赞誉。

即便桑德伯格将把更多的精力投入慈善事业,她也不会远离Meta,而且会随时为其出谋划策。她说:“我的过渡期很长。我要到秋季才会离职,但会留在董事会。”(财富中文网)

译者:冯丰

审校:夏林

上周末,雪莉·桑德伯格决定离开Meta公司,为自己14年的全球最知名女性高管身份画上了句号,并表示将重新投身维权事业,而此时此刻,女性生育权正处于岌岌可危的状态。

这位52岁的高管在接受《财富》杂志采访时表示,在历史上的这个关键时刻,Meta的工作让她无暇顾及其他重要事务。她在2013年的畅销书《向前一步》(Lean in)中为女性摇旗呐喊,并告诉她们如何在领导层中发挥更大的作用。

桑德伯格说:“在从事这份工作后,我基本没有多少时间来做自己想做的其他事情。鉴于此刻对女性来说是那么关键,这对于我来说也是非常重要的时刻,因为我能够在我的慈善事业、我的基金会中投入更多的精力。”美国最高法院欲推翻罗“罗诉韦德案”(Roe v Wade)的可能性也为女性维权事业带来了一丝紧迫感。

在这家社交媒体从初创企业发展为数字广告行业主导者的过程中,桑德伯格居功至伟,她在上周三发布了令人吃惊的声明:自己将在秋季离开这家社交媒体公司的领导层,但仍将担任Meta的董事(Meta如今是Facebook、Instagram和WhatsApp的母公司)。多年来,担任首席运营官的桑德伯格一直是Facebook创始人马克·扎克伯格的副指挥官,她离职后,其职位将由哈维尔·奥利万接替。

桑德伯格于2008年加入Meta(2021年之前名为Facebook),通常在这家公司扮演着“大人”角色,该公司去年的营收达到了1200亿美元。在这一过程中,损害控制成为了她的必要职责,例如处理隐私领域以及Facebook网站误导信息传播所导致的内容审核争议。最近,她不得不针对新闻报道的指控做出反击,该报道称桑德伯格向英国报纸《每日邮报》(Daily Mail)施压,要求其搁置关于她前男友、动视暴雪(Activision Blizzard.)首席执行官鲍比·科蒂克的不利报道。一位Meta发言人称,科提克事件自那之后便结束了,并非是桑德伯格选择在此时离职的原因。

当被问及扎克伯格对其辞去首席运营官一职作何感想时,桑德伯格说:“他当时就像往常一样,非常非常支持。”她将其与扎克伯格共事的时光称之为“一生的荣耀与荣幸。”她还说:“马克和我的关系非常好,而且我们俩在很久之前就很熟了。”桑德伯格表示,她是在阵亡将士纪念日周末经过漫长的思考之后才做出了这一决定,而且随即就告诉了扎克伯格。(为遵守美国证券交易委员会的规定,她在周三公开发布了这一声明,以便为公司留出4天的时间来宣布高管层的重大变动。)

2008年,桑德伯格于离开谷歌,加入了当时还是初创公司的Facebook,之后她迅速帮助Facebook实现了专业化,并将其业务拓展至广告等领域。上个季度,公司广告业务的销售额达到了270亿美元。这样,扎克伯格便可全身心地去开发产品。公司于去年更名为Meta,为的是在新出现的元宇宙世界树立品牌旗帜。(公司在周二宣布,将在下周把股票代码从FB更名为META。)Meta的元宇宙平台总计拥有10亿用户。

桑德伯格在回忆加入Facebook之前与其已故丈夫的对话时提到,她的想法是在公司呆5年。当被问及为什么选择在Meta四面楚歌(立法者的批评和审查,隐私问题导致广告业务陷入困境)的现在辞职时,她说:“没有完美的时刻。大家都知道,广告业务没有终点或起点,也没有完美无瑕的事情,而且元宇宙也没有特别或确定的章节。”

桑德伯格说,她没有在其他公司担任首席执行官的打算。她说:“我会真正关注接下来要做的事情。下一步我将做慈善事业,而且将留在公司董事会。我现在已经有了一位正在打理慈善事业的负责人。”

她的Lean In基金会已经发起了6万个捐赠圈,其中包括多个旨在实现个人和职业目标的互助妇女组织。桑德伯格在2015年丈夫大卫·哥尔德伯格去世之后撰写了一篇悼文,其真挚的笔触收到了众多赞誉。

即便桑德伯格将把更多的精力投入慈善事业,她也不会远离Meta,而且会随时为其出谋划策。她说:“我的过渡期很长。我要到秋季才会离职,但会留在董事会。”(财富中文网)

译者:冯丰

审校:夏林

Sheryl Sandberg made her decision to leave Meta Platforms over the weekend, ending a 14-year-stint as one of the world's most high-profile female executives and signaling a renewed effort to focus on advocacy at a time when women's reproductive rights are under assault.

The 52 year-old executive, whose 2013 best selling book "Lean In" strongly advocated for women and how they can play bigger roles in leadership, told Fortune in an interview that the Meta job left little time for some of her other priorities at a crucial moment in history.

"It's just not a job that leaves room for a lot of other stuff in your life. This is a really important moment for women. This is a really important moment for me to be able to do more with my philanthropy, with my foundation" Sandberg said. And the likely overturning of Roe v Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court has added some urgency to advocating for women.

Sandberg, who has played a central role in turning the social media company from a startup to one of the dominant players in the digital advertising industry, made a surprise announcement on Wednesday that she is stepping down from the social media company's leadership team in the fall. Sandberg, who as Chief Operating Officer was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's second-in-command for years, will be succeeded by Javier Olivan in the fall, but will remain on the board of the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Sandberg joined Meta in 2008 and was often the "grown-up" face of a company, known as Facebook until 2021, that last year brought in nearly $120 billion in revenue. Along the way, she has had to do damage control around privacy and content moderation controversies related to the spread of misinformation on the Facebook site. More recently, she had to fight allegations in a news report that she had pressured British newspaper Daily Mail to quash stories about her former boyfriend, Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. A Meta spokesperson says the Kotick matter has since been closed, and did not impact the timing of Sandberg's departure.

Asked how Zuckerberg took the news of her upcoming exit from the COO role, Sandberg said, "He was what he always is, is really supportive, really supportive." She called her time working with Zuckerberg "the honor and privilege of a lifetime." "Mark and I are so close and have known each other for so long," she added. Sandberg said she made the decision to step down over the long, Memorial Day weekend and told Zuckerberg soon after. (She made her announcement public on Wednesday to comply with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules that give companies four days to announce a major change in the c-suite.)

Sandberg came to then-startup Facebook in 2008 from Google to help professionalize the company and expand into areas like advertising, which last quarter brought in $27 billion on sales, freeing up Zuckerberg to dream up products. The company became Meta last year to stake a flag in the nascent metaverse world. (It is changing its stock ticker to META from FB next week, the company announced on Tuesday.) Meta's food platforms have a combined 1 billion users now.

The idea was to stay five years, Sandberg said, when recalling conversations with her late husband prior to joining Facebook. When asked why step down now, at a time Meta is getting a lot of criticism and scrutiny from lawmakers and its advertising business is battling privacy headwinds, she said: "There's never one perfect moment. You know, there's no end or beginning of the ads business. There's no clean. There's no, you know, distinct or definitive chapters on the metaverse."

Sandberg said she had no plans on becoming a CEO somewhere else. "I'm really focused on what I'm going to do. Next, philanthropically and I am staying on the board and I have a leader of the of the philanthropy now," she said.

Her Lean In foundation has started 60,000 circles which consist of groups of women helping each other reach personal and professional goals. Sandberg also won a lot of praise for her thoughtful writing about grief following the death of her husband Dave Goldberg in 2015.

Even as she focuses more on her philanthropy, Sandberg won't be too far from the company, at the ready to provide her counsel. "My transition is going to be long. I'm not leaving until the fall and I'm staying on the board," she said.

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