tony xu

• Following Facebook’s rebrand in October, Tony Xu has joined Meta’s board of directors.
• Tony Xu, 37, co-founded DoorDash as an MBA student in Stanford in 2013.
• He was the highest-paid CEO in the Bay Area in 2020, earning $413 in compensation.

Meta Platforms, Facebook’s freshly-minted parent company, named DoorDash co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Tony Xu to its board of directors on Tuesday.

In a news release, Mark Zuckerberg described Xu as “a great tech leader” who “has direct experience in both running a tech company and solving complex challenges in commerce.”