---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001326801-24-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "META"
cik: "0001326801"
company_name: "Meta Platforms, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T02:08:06.153767+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meta elects Hock Tan (Broadcom CEO) and John Arnold to board; cites AGI focus

## Summary
- Hock Tan, Broadcom President & CEO, and John Arnold, co-founder of Arnold Ventures, elected to Meta board effective immediately.
- Both appointed to Audit & Risk Oversight Committee; determined independent under Nasdaq standards.
- Meta disclosed $500.4M in payments to Broadcom in 2023 for component products and services.
- Board now has 11 members; Zuckerberg highlighted their expertise in silicon and energy infrastructure for AGI vision.
- John Arnold is chairman of Grid United (transmission developer) and founder of Centaurus Capital.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001326801-24-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: META
- cik: 0001326801
- company_name: Meta Platforms, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680124000019/0001326801-24-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680124000019/meta-20240213.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326801-24-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326801-24-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326801-24-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Arnold was elected as Director at Meta Platforms, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 13, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Meta Platforms, Inc. (the "Company") elected John Arnold and Hock Tan as members of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680124000019/0001326801-24-000019-index.htm
- Executive change
  Hock Tan was elected as Director at Meta Platforms, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 13, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Meta Platforms, Inc. (the "Company") elected John Arnold and Hock Tan as members of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680124000019/0001326801-24-000019-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.