- Facebook's board lost former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in March.
- Chenault said it was a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to work with Buffett and Berkshire's other bosses.
- Facebook has lost other directors in the past 18 months including the head of Netflix, the ex-CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and a former White House chief of staff.
- The board, however, still boasts Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Peter Thiel, and Marc Andreessen.
- Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
Facebook's board lost Kenneth Chenault, the head of General Catalyst and former American Express CEO, to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway earlier this year.
"I am stepping down from the board because I have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work more closely with my friend Warren Buffett, the Berkshire Hathaway board and the management team," Chenault said in a March 13 statement.
The social network has replaced severalother directors in the past 18 months: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings; Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Erskine Bowles, who served as White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton; and Jeffrey Zients, CEO of Cranemere and an economic adviser to Barack Obama during his presidency.
Facebook's board still boasts CEO Mark Zuckerberg, operating chief Sheryl Sandberg, billionaire investor Peter Thiel, and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.
Here are its nine directors:
Mark Zuckerberg
Age: 36
Notable past and present roles: Facebook cofounder, CEO, and director (2004 - present); Facebook chairman (2012 - present); Chan Zuckerberg Initiative co-CEO (2015 - present)
Source:Facebook, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Sheryl Sandberg
Age: 50
Notable past and present roles: Facebook chief operating officer (2008 - present); Facebook director (2012 - present); founder of LeanIn.Org (2013 - present); Google vice president of global online sales and operations (2001 - 2008); US Treasury chief of staff (1984 - 1991)
Peter Thiel
Age: 52
Notable past and present roles: Facebook director (2005 - present); Founders Fund partner (2005 - present); PayPal CEO, chairman, and president (2000 - 2002)
Source:Facebook
Marc Andreessen
Age: 48
Notable past and present roles: Facebook director (2008 - present); Andreessen Horowitz general partner (2009 - present); eBay director (2008 - 2014); Hewlett-Packard director (2009 - 2015)
Source:Facebook
Peggy Alford
Age: 48
Notable past and present roles: Facebook director (2019 - present); Paypal executive vice president of global sales (March 2020 - present); Chan Zuckerberg Initiative CFO (2017 - 2019); Paypal vice president and other senior positions (2011 - 2017)
Source:Facebook
Drew Houston
Age: 37
Notable past and present roles: Facebook director (February 2020 - present); Dropbox cofounder, CEO, and chairman (2007 - present);
Source:Facebook
Nancy Killefer
Age: 66
Notable past and present roles: Facebook director (March 2020 - present); McKinsey & Company senior partner (1992 - 2013); US Treasury CFO and COO (1997 - 2000); Cardinal Health director (2015 - present); Avon Products director (2013-2020)
Source:Facebook
Robert Kimmitt
Age: 72
Notable past and present roles: Facebook lead independent director (2020 - present); Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr senior international counsel (2009 - present); US Treasury deputy secretary (2005 - 2009); Time Warner executive vice president of global public policy (2001 - 2005); Lehman Brothers managing director (1993 - 1997); US ambassador to Germany (1991 - 1993)
Source:Facebook
Tracey Travis
Age: 57
Notable past and present roles: Facebook director (March 2020 - present); Estée Lauder executive vice president and CFO (2012 - present); Ralph Lauren senior vice president and CFO (2005 - 2012); Limited Brands senior vice president (2002 - 2004)
Source:Facebook