Chris Cox (manager)

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Chris Cox
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Born (1982-09-02) September 2, 1982 (age 41)
Education Stanford University
Occupation CPO at Meta Platforms (2005—2019, 2020—)
Spouse
Visra Vichit-Vadakan
(m. 2010)

Christopher Cox is a software engineer and chief product officer at Meta Platforms.

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Early life and education

Cox was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Winnetka, Illinois. He is the youngest of three children. He attended New Trier High School, [1] and then enrolled in Stanford University where he dropped out of the symbolic systems graduate degree program to join Facebook in 2005. [2] [3] [4]

Career

Cox joined Facebook in 2005 as one of its first fifteen software engineers and played a role in the development of News Feed. [5] [6] He held various executive roles before being promoted to chief product officer in 2014. [7]

In May 2018, he was put in charge of the company's apps including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. [8] In 2019, he was listed on the Forbes 40 Under 40 list, [9] as well as Fast Company's list of "Most Creative People in Business". [10]

In March 2019, Cox announced that he was leaving Facebook, after Zuckerberg announced plans for the company to focus on developing encrypted messaging across its applications. [11] He returned to the company as chief product officer in June 2020. [12] [13]

Personal life

Cox married a fellow Stanford University alum and director Visra Vichit-Vadakan in 2010. [14] [15]

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References

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