Susan DesmondHellmann - Meta Platforms Independent Director

FBDelisted Stock  USD 169.49  1.83  1.07%   

Director

Dr. Susan D. DesmondHellmann, M.D. is Lead Independent Director of Facebook Inc. Dr. DesmondHellmann has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation since May 2014. Prior to the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. DesmondHellmann was the Chancellor at University of California, San Francisco from August 2009 to May 2014. From 2004 through 2009, Dr. DesmondHellmann served as President of Product Development at Genentech, where she was responsible for preclinical and clinical development, business development, and product portfolio management. She joined Genentech in 1995. Prior to joining Genentech, Dr. DesmondHellmann was associate director of clinical cancer research at BristolMyers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute. In addition to serving on our board of directors, Dr. DesmondHellmann previously served as a member of the board of directors of The Procter Gamble Company from December 2010 until October 2016 since 2015.
Age 60
Tenure 9 years
Professional MarksPh.D
Phone650 543 4800
Webhttps://investor.fb.com
DesmondHellmann holds a B.S. in premed and an M.D. from the University of Nevada, Reno, and an M.P.H. from the University of California, Berkeley. We believe Dr. DesmondHellmann should serve as a member of our board of directors due to her extensive leadership and global business experience, as well as her experience with product innovation and development and her contributions to social causes through her work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Meta Platforms Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset (ROA) of 16.74 % which means that for every $100 of assets, it generated a profit of $16.74. This is typical in the industry. Likewise, it shows a return on total equity (ROE) of 29.07 %, which means that it produced $29.07 on every 100 dollars invested by current stockholders. Meta Platforms' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Meta Platforms manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
The company reports 14.66 B of total liabilities with total debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 0.12, which may suggest the company is not taking enough advantage from financial leverage. Meta Platforms has a current ratio of 2.75, indicating that it is in good position to pay out its debt commitments in time. Debt can assist Meta Platforms until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Meta Platforms' shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Meta Platforms sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Meta to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Meta Platforms' use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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Meta Platforms, Inc. develops products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, wearables, and in-home devices worldwide. Meta Platforms, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta Platforms operates under Internet Content Information classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 77805 people. Meta Platforms (FB) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA and employs 77,805 people.

Management Performance

Meta Platforms Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Meta Platforms' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Meta Platforms inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Meta. The board's role is to monitor Meta Platforms' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Meta Platforms' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Meta Platforms' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Christopher Cox, Chief Product Officer
Kenneth Chenault, Director
Jeffrey Zients, Independent Director
Erskine Bowles, Independent Director
Sheryl Sandberg, COO and Director
Jan Koum, Director
Marc Andreessen, Independent Director
Donald Graham, Lead Independent Director
Colin Stretch, Vice President General Counsel
Reed Hastings, Independent Director
Maggie ODonnel, Investor Relations
Deborah Crawford, IR Contact Officer
Peter Thiel, Independent Director
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder, Chairman and CEO
Susan DesmondHellmann, Independent Director
David Fischer, VP of Bus. and Marketing Partnerships
David Wehner, CFO
Michael Schroepfer, CTO and VP of Engineering
Susan Taylor, Chief Accounting Officer

Meta Stock Performance Indicators

The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right stock is not an easy task. Is Meta Platforms a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.
Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards Meta Platforms in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, Meta Platforms' short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from Meta Platforms options trading.

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