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Calacanis: Zuckerberg should have made Sandberg CEO of Facebook

Jason Calacanis · E102: Elon closes Twitter deal, $META uncertainty, Zuck's historic bet, big tech decline & more · Oct 29, 2022 · at 56:52

Jason Calacanis critiques Mark Zuckerberg's organizational transition of Facebook into Meta, arguing the core profitable business needed dedicated leadership.

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“He should have put Sheryl Sandberg, a CEO of the Facebook corporation. He should have became CEO of Meta, and then he should have ran that other business to print even more profits.”

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