Meta’s Zuckerberg Adds UFC’s Dana White, Two Others to Board
- White has been outspoken ally of US President-elect Trump
- Investor Songhurst, Exor CEO Elkann also named as directors
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Meta Platforms Inc. elected three new directors to its board, including Ultimate Fighting Championship Chief Executive Officer Dana White, one of the media industry’s most influential executives and a high-profile campaigner for US President-elect Donald Trump.
Along with White, the social-media company on Monday named Charlie Songhurst, an investor and former Microsoft Corp. executive who already advises Meta on artificial intelligence products, and John Elkann, CEO of Exor NV, a holding company controlled by the Agnelli family that has stakes in European businesses including Ferrari NV and Juventus Football Club.