“I’m excited to be a small a part of the way forward for AI and rising applied sciences,” White stated on his Facebook web page in response to his appointment.
Last week, Meta appointed Joel Kaplan, who as soon as served as former U.S. President George W. Bush’s White House deputy chief of workers, as its chief world affairs officer — one other signal that the corporate needs to construct bridges with the incoming Trump administration.
Zuckerberg additionally met with Trump in November at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, and the corporate donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund.
Meta additionally added John Elkann, CEO of holding firm Exor (which holds stakes in firms like Stellantis and Ferrari), and tech investor Charlie Songhurst to its board.