Randi Zuckerberg, director of marketing at Facebook, has announced her resignation to the social networking company.
Zuckerberg, sister of co-founder and CEO Mark, is leaving to start up her own business RtoZ Media. The firm will assist businesses in becoming more social.
In her resignation letter, Zuckerberg wrote:
"I have spent my years at Facebook pouring my heart and soul into innovating and pushing the media industry forward by introducing new concepts around live, social, participatory viewing that the media industry has since adopted. We have made incredible progress, but there is still much to be done and other ways I can affect change. Now is the perfect time for me to move outside of Facebook to build a company focused on the exciting trends underway in the media industry."
Notably absent is a mention of her brother, and there was no direct statement from Mark Zuckerberg in the official Facebook company statement:
"We can confirm Randi has decided to leave Facebook to start her own company. We are all grateful for her important service. "
TheDrum claims this impersonal approach may suggest a "major disagreement" between the pair, while CNET writes Zuckerberg "had [been] given her time to reflect on what she wants to do next" following the birth of her first child.
"The move is likely to be much noticed...[Randi is] a high-profile and charismatic personality both inside the social-networking company and in Silicon Valley."
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