https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/14/facebook-says-its-top-product-executive-chris-cox-is-leaving-the-highest-level-departure-in-years/ > Facebook’s top executive in charge of all products, Chris Cox, the longtime confidant of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, is leaving the company, the highest-level departure at the social media giant and follows nearly two years of sustained crises. > Cox’s unexpected departure, which he and Zuckerberg announced in separate Facebook posts Thursday, comes months after Cox was promoted in a major reorganization. Last May, Cox was put in charge of Facebook’s “family of apps,” including Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Facebook itself – which together have over 2.7 billion users worldwide. These apps have been distinct until recently, when Zuckerberg announced plans to unify them under a banner of/with a new focus on privacy.