Social media giant Meta announced Monday the appointment of three new directors to its board, including Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) head Dana White, a close ally to US President-elect Donald Trump.
Meta Platforms announced the election of three new directors to its board on Monday. The move underscores Meta's ambition to deepen its expertise in artificial intelligence, wearables, and human connection, as the company positions itself for future growth.
Last week, the company elevated prominent Republican policy executive Joel Kaplan to the position of global affairs head.
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Monday that UFC President Dana White will be joining his company's board of directors, bringing on the prominent Donald Trump backer less than two weeks before the president-elect is set to take office.
Mr. White, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, further strengthens the social media giant's connections with the incoming administration.
Meta Platforms said on Monday it had elected three new directors to its board, including Dana White, CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and close friend of President-elect Donald Trump.
Dana White, president and CEO of UFC, is joining the board of Meta, one of three new directors announced today by Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant. The other two are John Elkann, who runs the Agnelli family investment company Exor, and Charlie Songhurst, a major tech investor and former top Microsoft executive.
CNBC's Julia Boorstin with breaking news on additions to Meta's board.
UFC CEO Dana White, a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is joining the board of Meta two weeks before the new administration begins. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post that White has built the UFC "into one of the most valuable, fastest growing, and most popular sports enterprises in the world.
Meta said UFC President Dana White, Exor CEO John Elkann and technology investor Charlie Songhurst were elected as new members of its board of directors.
Meta on Monday announced Dana White will join the company's board of directors. White said he'd "never been interested" in joining a company's board before Meta's offer.
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