Facebook is losing its fifth board member in roughly a year, while also adding a new lead independent board director, the company said Thursday. Jeffrey Zients, CEO of The Cranemere Group, will step down from the board after Facebook’s annual shareholder meeting this year. Facebook is adding Robert Kimmitt, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, as its lead independent director—a role...
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