{"id":16311,"date":"2024-02-14T21:50:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T21:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scannn.com\/hock-e-tan-and-john-arnold-to-join-meta-board-of-directors\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T21:50:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T21:50:26","slug":"hock-e-tan-and-john-arnold-to-join-meta-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/hock-e-tan-and-john-arnold-to-join-meta-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Hock E. Tan and John Arnold to Join Meta Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta today announced that Hock E. Tan and John Arnold have been<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> elected <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the company\u2019s board of directors,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> effective immediately.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Meta, said, \u201cI\u2019m excited to share that Hock Tan and John Arnold are joining Meta\u2019s board of directors. As we focus on building AGI, having directors with deep expertise in silicon and energy infrastructure will help us execute our long term vision.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am pleased to join the Meta Board <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and contribute to achieving the company\u2019s vision,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said Tan. \u201cMeta has an incredible role to play in the next-generation of computing as it evolves its platform and apps offerings for the future. I look forward to working with Mark, the broader team and the other Board members on Meta\u2019s technology and business journey.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI look forward to being a part of Meta\u2019s board, and to contributing my insights as we work together in our collective responsibility to Meta\u2019s users and the wider community,\u201d said Arnold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hock Tan has served as Broadcom\u2019s President &amp; CEO and a member of the Board of Directors since March 2006. From September 2005 to January 2008, he served as chairman of the board of Integrated Device Technology. Prior to becoming chairman of IDT, Mr. Tan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Circuit Systems from June 1999 to September 2005. Prior to ICS, Mr. Tan was Vice President of Finance with Commodore International from 1992 to 1994, and previously held senior management positions with PepsiCo and General Motors. Mr. Tan served as managing director of Pacven Investment, a venture capital fund in Singapore, from 1988 to 1992, and served as managing director for Hume Industries in Malaysia from 1983 to 1988.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Arnold is co-founder and co-chair of Arnold Ventures. Arnold Ventures seeks to tackle some of the most pressing problems in the United States by applying evidence-based solutions to improve outcomes in public systems, including health care, education, criminal justice, infrastructure, and public finance. Mr. Arnold is co-founder and chairman of Grid United, a developer of interregional, high-voltage transmission projects with a mission to make America\u2019s power grid more reliable, resilient, and efficient. Mr. Arnold is founder of Centaurus Capital, a family office investment fund focused on the energy industry. Previously, Mr. Arnold served as founder and CEO of Centaurus Energy, a multi-billion-dollar energy commodity hedge fund that he founded after overseeing trading of natural gas derivatives at Enron Corp.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Meta\u2019s current board members are:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mark Zuckerberg; Peggy Alford, former Executive Vice President, Global Sales, PayPal Holdings, Inc.; Marc L. Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Arnold, Co-Founder, Arnold Ventures; Drew Houston, Co-Founder and CEO, Dropbox, Inc.; Nancy Killefer, Retired Senior Partner, McKinsey &amp; Company; Robert M. Kimmitt, Meta\u2019s Lead Independent Director and Senior International Counsel at WilmerHale LLP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sheryl K. Sandberg, former Chief Operating Officer, Meta; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hock E. Tan, President and CEO, Broadcom Inc.; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracey T. Travis, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officer, The Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies, Inc.; and Tony Xu, Co-Founder and CEO, DoorDash, Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v5.0\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2024\/02\/hock-tan-and-john-arnold-join-meta-board-of-directors\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta today announced that Hock E. Tan and John Arnold have been elected to the company\u2019s board of directors, effective immediately.\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Meta, said, \u201cI\u2019m excited to share that Hock Tan and John Arnold are joining Meta\u2019s board of directors. 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