The executive who will succeed Sheryl Sandberg as chief operating officer at Meta Platforms Inc. has quietly but steadily amassed power at the Facebook parent by focusing on growth, one of the business objectives most prized by Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg
Javier Olivan, 44 years old, will take on a position very different from that carved out by the high-profile Ms. Sandberg. Mr. Zuckerberg, in naming Mr. Olivan to the new position, said, “It will be a more traditional COO role where Javi will be focused internally and operationally, building on his strong track record of making our execution more efficient and rigorous.”
