David Wehner

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David M. Wehner
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Wehner (2022)
OccupationCSO of Meta Platforms

David M. Wehner is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Meta Platforms (known until 2021 as Facebook, Inc.).

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Education

Wehner attended Saint Louis Priory School and graduated in 1986. [1] Wehner graduated from Georgetown University with a BS in Chemistry, where he was an editor for The Hoya . He graduated from Stanford University with an MS in Applied Physics, where he was a National Science Foundation fellow. [2]

Career

Early in his career, Wehner worked at Monitor Group and Hambrecht & Quist. Wehner worked at Allen & Company for nearly a decade until 2010, when he became the CFO of Zynga. [2] [3] At these firms, he held series 7 and series 24 licenses.

Wehner joined Facebook in 2011 as VP of Corporate Finance and Business Planning. [4] [5] Wehner succeeded David Ebersman as CFO of Facebook, Inc. on June 1, 2014. [6] [7]

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References

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