David M. Wehner is the

Chief Strategy Officer A chief strategy officer (CSO) is an executive that usually reports to the CEO and has primary responsibility for strategy formulation and management, including developing the corporate vision and strategy, overseeing strategic planning, and leading ...

(CSO) of Meta Platforms (known until 2021 as Facebook, Inc.).

Education

Wehner attended Saint Louis Priory School and graduated in 1986. Wehner graduated from

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with a BS in Chemistry, where he was an editor for '' The Hoya''. He graduated from Stanford University with an MS in

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, where he was a

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fellow.

Career

Early in his career, Wehner worked at

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and Hambrecht & Quist. Wehner worked at Allen & Company for nearly a decade until 2010, when he became the CFO of

Zynga Zynga Inc. () is an American developer running social video game services. It was founded in April 2007, with headquarters in San Mateo, California. The company primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Zynga states its missio ...

. At these firms, he held series 7 and series 24 licenses. Wehner joined

Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Mosk ...

in 2011 as VP of Corporate Finance and Business Planning. Wehner succeeded David Ebersman as CFO of

Facebook, Inc. Meta Platforms, Inc., (file no. 3835815) doing business as Meta and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns Facebook, Instagra ...

on June 1, 2014.

References

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