Meta’s Zuckerberg Adds UFC’s Dana White, Two Others to Board

Meta Platforms Inc. elected three new directors to its board, including Ultimate Fighting Championship Chief Executive Officer Dana White, one of the media industry’s most influential executives and a high-profile campaigner for US President-elect Donald Trump.

Along with White, the social-media company on Monday named Charlie Songhurst, an investor and former Microsoft Corp. executive who already advises Meta on artificial intelligence products, and John Elkann, CEO of Exor NV, a holding company controlled by the Agnelli family that has stakes in European businesses including Ferrari NV and Juventus Football Club.

The additions bring Meta’s board to 13 directors, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who holds the title of chairman and retains majority voting control through the company’s dual-class stock structure.

“Charlie, Dana and John will add a depth of expertise and perspective that will help us tackle the massive opportunities ahead with AI, wearables and the future of human connection,” Zuckerberg said in a statement.

Zuckerberg, 40, has largely remade Meta’s board in the past five years, a change in leadership that has coincided with his pivot toward artificial intelligence and the metaverse, a digital world in which the company hopes people will someday work, play and exercise. All but two of Meta’s current directors have joined since 2019. In some cases, Zuckerberg has brought on fellow Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, like DoorDash Inc. CEO Tony Xu and Dropbox Inc. CEO Drew Houston, who is a personal friend of the Meta co-founder.

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