Randi Zuckerberg bids goodbye to Facebook

By siliconindia   |   Saturday, 06 August 2011, 00:48 IST
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Randi Zuckerberg bids goodbye to Facebook
Bangalore: Randi Zuckerberg, Marketing Director of Facebook and sister of founder Mark, has officially announced her exit from Facebook to start off with her own company. Zuckerberg tweeted, "It is with mixed emotions that I announced my departure from Facebook today to launch my own initiative. More info soon," All Things D, was the first one to report about her departure. They acquired Zuckerberg's resignation letter, where she writes, "We have made incredible progress, but there is still much to be done and other ways I can affect change. Now is the perfect time for me to move outside of Facebook to build a company focused on the exciting trends underway in the media industry" Zuckerberg is soon coming up with a new company called RtoZ Media. She wrote in the letter, "My goal is to launch my own innovative programming and work with media companies to develop their programming in new and more social ways. In attacking this challenge, Facebook will clearly be a central element in all of my projects. I plan to demonstrate that ANYONE can do groundbreaking media work on the platform." During a phone call with Mashable, Zuckerberg said that her move out of the company is a "natural extension" and had been considering this "for a really long time." The success of Facebook Live and the Facebook-Obama town hall, gave her an opportunity to look forward to start her own company. "I had the momentum to do it now," she added. She is proud of her accomplishments, including Facebook's election and inauguration tie-ups with ABC and CNN, a Davos/Facebook partnership that allowed Facebook users to more closely follow the World Economic Forum, and the launch of Facebook Live, with President Obama's 2011 Facebook town hall. "We are all grateful for her important service," a Facebook spokesman said in a statement.