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Will Mark Zuckerberg still be CEO of Facebook by end of 2008?
Background: Facebook’s 23 year old CTO, Adam D’Angelo, is leaving the company to “take time off” reports Kara Swisher of All Things D (http://tinyurl.com/45ojaa). Most of the other top execs at Facebook are of the class of circa-2004 with ex-Googlers Gideon Yo as CFO and Sheryl Sandberg as COO.
The question remains as to whether this strengthens Zuckerberg’s control on the company or weakens it? Currently, Hubdub is forecasting he has a 83% chance of still being CEO of Facebook at the end of this year. That chance dipped at the end of February when rumors emerged of Facebook wanting to make management changes but it quite quickly recovered to its current level.
If Facebook want to IPO in 2009 then they will want to get these management changes through as early this year as possible. Would they seriously want to IPO with Zuckerberg at the helm? [Nigel Eccles, 5/12/2008]
The question remains as to whether this strengthens Zuckerberg’s control on the company or weakens it? Currently, Hubdub is forecasting he has a 83% chance of still being CEO of Facebook at the end of this year. That chance dipped at the end of February when rumors emerged of Facebook wanting to make management changes but it quite quickly recovered to its current level.
If Facebook want to IPO in 2009 then they will want to get these management changes through as early this year as possible. Would they seriously want to IPO with Zuckerberg at the helm? [Nigel Eccles, 5/12/2008]
Settlement details:Settled as yes if Zuckerberg is still formally in position on December 31st of 2008. Settlement sources will be company press releases and respected business press.
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Settled as Yes on Wed 31st Dec 2008 8:25am PST
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Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 8:25am PST
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 90%
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Settled as 'Yes' Wed 31st Dec 2008 8:25am PST by 
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: Zuckerberg is still CEO http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?execbios
tomg: Zuckerberg is still CEO http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?execbios 
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New COO and no word of a CEO change. I think he is safe for another 12 months.
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