internal
Mark Zuckerberg
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Executive
21 yr
15 reports
Meta Platforms, Inc. ·META
Founder-CEO with unusually small, tightly controlled C-suite
Technology · Fortune #30 · Functional structure · 67K employees · Menlo Park, CA
View as of:
8
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 11)
2.6
Avg span
moderate
3
Max depth
3 levels
6.4 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
75%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$201.0B
Operating income
$83.3B
Net income
$60.5B
Total assets
$366.0B
Sourced from Meta Platforms, Inc. DEF 14A · filed 2026-04-16 ↗ View on SEC
Interactive org chart
Meta Platforms, Inc. organizational chart
Explore the executive structure, reporting layers, and scenario-ready operating model from public filings.
Open editable chart
Take this model into your AI workspace Use AI to reason through the model, then bring the scenario back into Creately Atlas.
Choose a prompt, then open an AI app and paste.
Download the CSV data instead
Founder-led control defines Meta’s organization: Mark Zuckerberg directly oversees a small, powerful functional C-suite rather than divisional CEOs. This page maps Meta’s leadership structure, key executives, recent changes, financial context, and peer comparisons.
What to model
Use the chart to test org decisions, not just view reporting lines
Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal Hock E. Tan departed as Director
Not standing for re-election at 2026 Annual Meeting (announced April 8, 2026).
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI Officer Introduce a dedicated Chief AI Officer reporting to the CEO to consolidate AI research, infrastructure, and product integration.
- Spin up Reality Labs CEO Create a standalone CEO for Reality Labs to increase accountability for AR/VR investments.
Atlas work this supports
- Connect Workday or UKG Get these analytics for YOUR org — tenure, span of control, headcount, automatically from your HRIS.
- Connect Salesforce Map your target accounts like this. Import contacts, visualize decision chains, plan multi-threading.
- Plan a Reorg Use this as a starting point. Model scenarios, compare structures, present options to your board.
The people
Who's running this
9 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Andrew Bosworth
Chief Technology Officer
Technology
3 yr
2 reports
internal
Christopher K. Cox
Chief Product Officer
Product
6 yr
3 reports
internal
Javier Olivan
Chief Operating Officer
Operations
4 yr
0 reports
internal
Susan Li
Chief Financial Officer
Finance
3 yr
1 reports
Dina Powell McCormick
President & Vice Chairman
Executive
0 yr
0 reports
Nick Clegg
President, Global Affairs
Policy
5 yr
1 reports
internal
Lori Goler
Chief People Officer
People
9 yr
0 reports
Jennifer Newstead
Chief Legal Officer
Legal
6 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 2 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Mark Zuckerberg $25.1M
- Base salary
- $0K
- Other
- $25.13M
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Susan Li $20.1M
- Base salary
- $989K
- Bonus
- $2.28M
- Stock awards
- $16.71M
- Other
- $86K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The skin in the game
Beneficial ownership
Insider stock holdings and the company's ownership requirements for executives and directors. Disclosed in the most recent DEF 14A.
Stock ownership requirements
Executives are subject to stock ownership guidelines, multiples not specified in proxy.
| Holder | Shares | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Zuckerberg | — | <1% |
| Susan Li | 31K | <1% |
The businesses
How Meta Platforms, Inc. divides the work
4 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Family of Apps
45K employees
Chief Product Officer (Christopher K. Cox)
Oversees Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp product development and monetization.
Reality Labs
12K employees
Chief Technology Officer (Andrew Bosworth)
Leads AR/VR hardware, software, and metaverse-related research and development.
Finance
3K employees
Chief Financial Officer (Susan Li)
Manages financial planning, accounting, investor relations, and capital allocation.
Global Affairs
2K employees
President, Global Affairs (Nick Clegg)
Handles global policy, government relations, and regulatory strategy.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Meta’s most distinctive structural feature is the continued concentration of authority under founder-CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with a relatively small, functionally oriented C-suite despite the company’s massive scale.
The CEO directly oversees eight senior executives spanning finance, product, operations, technology, policy, people, and legal, reinforcing a centralized decision-making model.
The structure remains predominantly functional rather than divisional: major products like Instagram and WhatsApp sit under the Chief Product Officer rather than having independent P&L-owning CEOs. Even newer strategic bets in AI and Reality Labs ultimately roll up through the CTO and CPO layers, preserving tight CEO oversight and minimizing autonomous business-unit leadership.
- Founder-CEO control
- Functional org with product heads under one CPO
- Lean C-suite for company scale
The comparison
How Meta Platforms, Inc. stacks up
Compared with other mega-cap technology peers, Meta’s executive structure is notably lean. Companies like Alphabet and Microsoft operate with clearer divisional CEOs or presidents running large P&L units, while Meta keeps product heads as VPs under a single CPO. This model enables speed and consistency in strategic …
Reporting depth
Current signals
What changed recently
The most significant change was the January 2026 appointment of Dina Powell McCormick as President and Vice Chairman, adding a powerful new role under the founder-CEO.
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-04-16
- CEO
- Mark Zuckerberg
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 6.2 yr
Lean named-executive group centered on founder leadership.
Named executive officers (5)
- Mark Zuckerberg - CEO since 2004
- Susan Li - CFO since 2022
- Christopher K. Cox - CPO since 2019
- Javier Olivan - COO since 2022
- Andrew Bosworth - CTO since 2022
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-04-18
- CEO
- Mark Zuckerberg
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 6 yr
Transition period following Sandberg’s departure.
Named executive officers (6)
- Mark Zuckerberg - CEO since 2004
- Susan Li - CFO since 2022
- Christopher K. Cox - CPO since 2019
- Javier Olivan - COO since 2022
- Andrew Bosworth - CTO since 2022
- Sheryl Sandberg - Former COO since 2008
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-04-17
- CEO
- Mark Zuckerberg
- CEO span
- 7
- C-suite
- 7
- Avg tenure
- 7.1 yr
Gradual simplification of executive ranks.
Named executive officers (6)
- Mark Zuckerberg - CEO since 2004
- Susan Li - CFO since 2022
- Christopher K. Cox - CPO since 2019
- Javier Olivan - COO since 2022
- Andrew Bosworth - CTO since 2022
- David Wehner - Former CFO since 2014
Year-over-year changes
Meta reduced its top team following the COO transition, tightening CEO control.
- CEO span: 7 → 6
- C-suite size: 7 → 6
- Avg tenure: 7.1 → 6 yr
- departed Sheryl Sandberg - COO (was COO) (DEF 14A 2024)
The named executive group narrowed further to a core five roles.
- CEO span: 6 → 5
- C-suite size: 6 → 5
- Avg tenure: 6 → 6.2 yr
- reorg Executive Team - C-suite (DEF 14A 2026)
The board
Board of directors
3 directors. 2 of 3 independent (67%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Mark Zuckerberg
Chair Inside
CEO, Meta Platforms
Robert M. Kimmitt
Lead Indep. Independent
Senior International Counsel, WilmerHale
Marc L. Andreessen
Independent
Co-founder, Andreessen Horowitz
The board, organized
Board committees
2 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.
Audit & Privacy Committee
100% independent
- Robert M. Kimmitt Chair
- Marc L. Andreessen
Compensation, Nominating & Governance Committee
100% independent
- Marc L. Andreessen
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Meta Platforms?
Mark Zuckerberg is Meta’s Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, having led the company since its founding in 2004.
What type of organizational structure does Meta Platforms use?
Meta uses a predominantly functional structure, with product and technology leaders reporting centrally rather than running independent business units.
How many direct reports does Meta Platforms' CEO have?
As of 2026, Mark Zuckerberg has eight direct reports at the executive level.
How has Meta Platforms' leadership changed recently?
In January 2026, Meta appointed Dina Powell McCormick as President and Vice Chairman, and two long-serving directors announced their departures ahead of the 2026 annual meeting.
Who reports directly to Meta Platforms' CEO?
Direct reports include the CFO, COO, CTO, CPO, Chief Legal Officer, Chief People Officer, President & Vice Chairman, and President of Global Affairs.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Apr 2026
- 8-K Filing, Jan 2026
- SEC EDGAR: Meta Platforms, Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Meta Platforms, Inc. 10-K Annual Report
Reference
Cite this page
If you reference this page in research, analysis, or news writing, use one of the formats below. Citation includes the SEC filing source where applicable.
APA 7th
Creately. (2026). Meta Platforms, Inc. organizational structure. Creately. Retrieved , from https://creately.com/org-chart/fortune-500/meta/MLA 9th
"Meta Platforms, Inc. Organizational Structure." Creately, April 1, 2026, https://creately.com/org-chart/fortune-500/meta/. Accessed .Chicago 17
Creately. "Meta Platforms, Inc. Organizational Structure." Last modified April 1, 2026. https://creately.com/org-chart/fortune-500/meta/.Original SEC source View on SEC ↗
Meta Platforms, Inc.. DEF 14A. Filed 2026-04-16. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000162828026025532/meta-20260416.htmPermanent URL: https://creately.com/org-chart/fortune-500/meta/ · last updated 2026-04-01