---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001326801-25-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "META"
cik: "0001326801"
company_name: "Meta Platforms, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T09:59:31.280328+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meta elects Dana White, John Elkann, Charlie Songhurst to Board

## Summary
- Board expanded to 13 members; three new directors elected effective December 30, 2024.
- Dana White is President and CEO of UFC, a global sports organization.
- John Elkann is CEO of Exor and Executive Chair of Ferrari and Stellantis.
- Charlie Songhurst is a tech investor and former Microsoft GM of Corporate Strategy.
- Each new director qualifies as independent under Nasdaq standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001326801-25-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: META
- cik: 0001326801
- company_name: Meta Platforms, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680125000005/0001326801-25-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680125000005/meta-20241230.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326801-25-000005
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326801-25-000005.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326801-25-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dana White was elected as Director at Meta Platforms, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 30, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Meta Platforms, Inc. (the "Company") approved an increase in the size of the Board to thirteen (13) members and elected Dana White, John Elkann and Charles Songhurst as members of the Board, effective December 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680125000005/0001326801-25-000005-index.htm
- Executive change
  Charles Songhurst was elected as Director at Meta Platforms, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 30, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Meta Platforms, Inc. (the "Company") approved an increase in the size of the Board to thirteen (13) members and elected Dana White, John Elkann and Charles Songhurst as members of the Board, effective December 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680125000005/0001326801-25-000005-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Elkann was elected as Director at Meta Platforms, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 30, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Meta Platforms, Inc. (the "Company") approved an increase in the size of the Board to thirteen (13) members and elected Dana White, John Elkann and Charles Songhurst as members of the Board, effective December 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680125000005/0001326801-25-000005-index.htm

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