For years, Mark Zuckerberg was an obsessive CEO in some ways, distant in others.
The beginning of the end of his distanced leadership of Facebook came with the 2016 U.S. election. From then on, a relentless series of crises jolted him to tighten his grip. nyti.ms/2LADVGI
The beginning of the end of his distanced leadership of Facebook came with the 2016 U.S. election. From then on, a relentless series of crises jolted him to tighten his grip. nyti.ms/2LADVGI
Facebook devoted 2019 to a full-out lobbying campaign in Washington, committing $16.7 million to influence policymakers. Only 2 other companies spent more. But even beyond cash, Facebook’s most powerful weapon was access to its CEO. nyti.ms/2LADVGI 
Joel Kaplan and Jared Kushner arranged for Mark Zuckerberg to sit down with President Trump on Sept. 19, 2019. In that meeting, Zuckerberg quickly noted that the president had the highest level of engagement of any world leader on Facebook. nyti.ms/2LADVGI
A month later, President Trump invited Mark Zuckerberg — along with Peter Thiel, a Facebook board member and Trump supporter — to a private White House dinner, which went undisclosed for weeks. nyti.ms/2LADVGI
Now, Mark Zuckerberg has been devoting more of his attention to how Facebook responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more from @mikeisaac, @sheeraf and @ceciliakang on how the events of 2016 shaped how Facebook is being run today. nyti.ms/2LADVGI
Read more from @mikeisaac, @sheeraf and @ceciliakang on how the events of 2016 shaped how Facebook is being run today. nyti.ms/2LADVGI
