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Chris Cox leaving Facebook: One of Mark Zuckerberg’s closest advisers among executives departing company



Facebook’s chief product officer Chris Cox is leaving the tech company after more than a decade.

Cox announced his departure on Thursday in a note to employees, The New York Times reports.  

In the note, Cox, who joined Facebook in 2005 as one of the company’s first 15 software engineers, wrote: “For over a decade, I’ve been sharing the same message that Mark and I have always believed: Social media’s history is not yet written, and its effects are not neutral.

“As its builders we must endeavour to understand its impact — all the good, and all the bad — and take up the daily work of bending it towards the positive, and towards the good.

“This is our greatest responsibility.”

In a separate note to employees, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reflected on his relationship with Cox, who has reportedly wanted to leave the company for some time.

“Chris and I have worked closely together to build our products for more than a decade and I will always appreciate his deep empathy for the people using our services and the uplifting spirit he brings to everything he does,” Zuckerberg wrote.

The Facebook CEO also announced that WhatsApp vice president Chris Daniels would be leaving his role.



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