Sandberg joined Facebook in early 2008 as CEO and Facebook's second-largest founder Mark Zuckerberg, helping grow Facebook into an advertising giant and one of the most influential companies in the technology industry

Javier Olivan, the company's Chief Growth Officer, will take over as COO this fall. Sandberg, who informed Zuckerberg of his decision last weekend, will continue to be a member of Meta's board.

"Over the next some months, Mark and I will be broadcasting our live report," Sandberg said in a lengthy Facebook post about the recall. Zuckerberg noted that meta is also planning an internal reorganization to keep up with the changes.

"In the news , I have no plans to replace Cheryl's role in our existing structure. I'm not sure that's possible because she's a superstar who has defined the role of the chief operating officer in her unique way," Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post. But if possible, Meta has reached a point where it makes sense to integrate our products and business units more closely, rather than managing all business and operational functions separately from our products," he said.

Meta has been criticized for its enormous influence, lack of success in preventing the spread of misinformation and malicious material, and the simultaneous takeover of competitors like Instagram and WhatsApp. Zuckerberg and other executives have been forced to testify before Congress several times over the past three years, though Sandberg has largely avoided the limelight. It could seek control from other agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission after a whistleblower filed a complaint about its efforts to combat hate on its platform.

Speaking to news Julia Boorstin, Sandberg said retiring would allow him to focus more on his philanthropic work. The move was not due to the company's regulatory scrutiny or an ongoing slowdown in advertising. Sandberg said, using his success with Facebook to raise his profile, particularly with women in the workplace.

In 2015, she faced the unexpected death of her husband, Dave Goldberg, who suffered from an abnormal heart rhythm and collapsed on a treadmill. Sandberg spoke widely about dealing with the grief surrounding Goldberg's death and, in 2017, published a book called Option B that focused on this topic.