Fb’s Head of Messenger to Depart Firm Subsequent 12 months

He joined

Fb,

FB 2.91%

now known as

Meta Platforms Inc.,

in 2015.

The announcement comes as

David Marcus

—a longtime Fb government who led the corporate’s closely scrutinized cryptocurrency initiatives—introduced his resignation final week. Mr. Marcus, who labored on Messenger earlier than Mr. Chudnovsky took over, is ready to go away the corporate on the finish of the yr.

Fb’s chief inventive officer, Mark D’Arcy, left the corporate earlier this yr. The corporate’s chief know-how officer,

Mike Schroepfer,

plans to step down subsequent yr.

The wave of exits come as Chief Government

Mark Zuckerberg

is making an attempt to shift the main target of the corporate with a high-profile wager on the metaverse, an rising on-line realm some folks see as the way forward for the web.

“I like this firm and this group, and in consequence, making this name turned out to be one of many hardest choices in my life,” Mr. Chudnovsky stated in a publish on his private Fb web page. “I’ve no plans to retire, however I’m trying ahead to taking a very good, many months lengthy break, spending extra time with my buddies, serving to corporations, serving to folks, touring, studying, exploring, and studying,” he added.

Mr. Chudnovsky wasn’t instantly accessible for extra remark. Jennifer Hakes, communications director for Messenger, confirmed Mr. Chudnovsky’s announcement.

The departures come at a time of heightened criticism following revelations in The Wall Road Journal’s Fb Recordsdata sequence that confirmed the social-media firm knew its platforms had flaws that triggered hurt to a few of its customers. Mr. Zuckerberg has stated the criticism paints a false image of the corporate he co-founded.

Write to Talal Ansari at Talal.Ansari@wsj.com