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(Reuters) – Attorneys are investigating Meta Platforms Inc’s outgoing operations chief Sheryl Sandberg’s use of firm assets over a number of years, the Wall Avenue Journal reported on Friday, citing individuals acquainted with the matter.
A number of workers have been interviewed in reference to the investigation by Fb-parent Meta, the WSJ reported, including that the probe has been underway since at the very least final fall.
Meta and Sandberg didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark.
Among the many actions being scrutinized is the work of Meta workers to help Sandberg’s basis, Lean In, and in direction of writing and promotion of her second e-book, “Possibility B: Going through Adversity, Constructing Resilience, and Discovering Pleasure”, the report added.
Earlier in June, Sandberg, whose shut partnership with Chief Government Officer Mark Zuckerberg powered the expansion of the world’s greatest social community, introduced her departure from the corporate after 14 years.
Chief Progress Officer Javier Olivan is about to take over as chief working officer though Zuckerberg mentioned he didn’t plan to switch Sandberg’s function straight throughout the firm’s current construction.
Sandberg mentioned that she is going to proceed to serve on Meta’s board after leaving the corporate within the fall.
