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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by ForHackernews on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @01:49PM (#33536132)
There was a time when investors/the board could fire a CEO making terrible decisions (like sinking billions into white whale VR projects), but no longer.
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by smsm42 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:48PM (#33536889)
AFAIK Facebook ownership has been setup in a way that nobody can fire Zuck, and investors were fully aware of it when investing.
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by Xcelerate on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @03:34PM (#33537443)
> There was a time when investors/the board could fire a CEO making terrible decisions

This is still by far the most common case, and in fact it is probably becoming more common because large index funds have recently increased requirements related to ownership share structuring (https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/08/05/sp-and-ftse-russe...).

In this specific case though, the investors knew that Zuck had complete control and they decided to invest regardless, so I do not have any sympathy for their complaints.

Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by codeisawesome on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @04:34PM (#33538210)
Does this mean Facebook wouldn’t be allowed to list in this index if it tried today?