Facebook names Alex Schultz as marketing head

Reuters

Published Sep 29, 2020 04:47PM ET

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is tapping Alex Schultz, a company veteran who runs product growth, analytics and internationalization at the social media giant, as its new chief marketing officer.

Schultz, a former eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) employee, said https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10103824175653500&id=36905751&refid=52 in a Facebook post that he would replace Antonio Lucio as marketing chief.

Lucio left Facebook earlier this month, according to his LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) account.

"I believe deeply in the economic empowerment it (online marketing) can bring, its ability to show people more tailored, relevant, less annoying ads," Schultz wrote on Tuesday.